Entry Word: scamp

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 an appealingly mischievous person <those little scamps are always getting into trouble, but no one has the heart to punish them>

Synonyms devil, hellion, imp, mischief, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, urchin

Related Words cutup, madcap, skylarker; ragamuffin; brat, disrupter, nuisance; juvenile delinquent; gamin, gamine

Near Antonyms beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, joker, louse, lout, skunk, snake, stinker; knave, scalawag (or scallywag), scoundrel, villain

2 a mean, evil, or unprincipled person <an insincere and ruthlessly ambitious scamp who was willing to do anything to win the TV showʼs grand prize> — see villain