rake
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nounDefinition of RAKE
a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard <a memoir that purported to be a rake's progress through the world of drug addiction>
Synonyms backslider, debauchee, debaucher, decadent, deviate, libertine, perv, pervert, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip
Related Words bankrupt, delinquent, derelict, incorrigible; blackguard, cad, heel, knave, miscreant, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scoundrel, villain; lecher, playboy, playgirl, satyr
Near Antonyms saint
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