rascal | Definition of rascal

Synonyms and Antonyms of rascal

1 a mean, evil, or unprincipled person

some cold-blooded rascal had set the barn afire, killing all of the horses

Synonyms of rascal

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

Words Related to rascal

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 rascal

angel, innocent, saint

2 an appealingly mischievous person

you little rascal, I saw you snitching some hors d'oeuvres even though our guests haven't even arrived yet

Synonyms of rascal

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

Words Related to rascal

cutup, larker, madcap, skylarker

brat, disrupter, misbehaver, nuisance

juvenile delinquent

Near Antonyms of rascal

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