Synonyms and Antonyms of miscreant
1
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
- halt, vile miscreant, and face justice!
baddie (or baddy), beast, brute, caitiff, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, hound, knave, meanie (also meany), monster, nazi, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, savage, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, villain, wretch
villainess
blackguard
criminal, crook, culprit, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, perp, perpetrator, transgressor
sinner, trespasser, wrongdoer
cad, heel, serpent, snake, viper
bandit, bravo, desperado, outlaw
con, convict, jailbird
assassin, cutthroat, gangster, goon, gunman, hoodlum, hooligan, racketeer, ruffian, thug
rough, rowdy, tough
loser, lowlife, ne'er-do-well, stinker, trash
2
a person who has committed a crime
- a youthful offender surrounded in prison by hard-bitten miscreants who had committed just about every crime imaginable
misdemeanant
accomplice, principal
desperado, outlaw
convict, jailbird
perp, perpetrator
evildoer, gallows bird, misdoer, misfeasor, sinner, transgressor, trespasser, villain, wrongdoer
blackhander, button man, gangster, hoodlum, hooligan, mobster, racketeer, thug
enforcer, gun, gunman, gunsel [slang], hit man, triggerman
backslider, recidivist, relapser, repeater
accused, arrestee, defendant, detainee, fish, suspect
