rapscallion | Definition of rapscallion

Synonyms and Antonyms of rapscallion

1 a mean, evil, or unprincipled person

the city's run-down waterfront was occupied mostly by disreputable places frequented by drunkards and rapscallions

Synonyms of rapscallion

baddie (or baddy), beast, brute, caitiff, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, hound, knave, meanie (also meany), miscreant, monster, nazi, no-good, rascal, reprobate, rogue, savage, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, villain, wretch

Words Related to rapscallion

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

Near Antonyms of rapscallion

angel, innocent, saint

2 an appealingly mischievous person

that little rapscallion kept hiding my shoes and making me go look for them

Synonyms of rapscallion

devil, hellion, imp, mischief, monkey, rascal, rogue, scamp, urchin

Words Related to rapscallion

cutup, larker, madcap, skylarker

brat, disrupter, misbehaver, nuisance

juvenile delinquent

Near Antonyms of rapscallion

beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, joker, louse, lout, skunk, snake, stinkard, stinker

knave, miscreant, reprobate, scalawag (or scallywag), scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, villain