Synonyms of miscreants

miscreants

noun

plural of miscreant

1

as in villains

a mean, evil, or unprincipled person

halt, vile miscreant, and face justice!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• villains
• brutes
• criminals
• offenders
• savages
• monsters
• devils
• bandits
• scoundrels
• wretches
• reprobates
• thugs
• beasts
• rogues
• scalawags
• no-goods
• assassins
• rascals
• gangsters
• scamps
• crooks
• rapscallions
• losers
• nazis
• baddies
• evildoers
• fiends
• knaves
• varlets
• heavies
• perpetrators
• hounds
• scapegraces
• meanies
• culprits
• trespassers
• caitiffs
• felons
• snakes
• lawbreakers
• wrongdoers
• transgressors
• blackguards
• sinners
• desperadoes
• malefactors
• outlaws
• perps
• hoodlums
• ruffians
• convicts
• hooligans
• vipers
• serpents
• rowdies
• racketeers
• cutthroats
• toughs
• heels
• lowlifes
• goons
• jailbirds
• cads
• villainesses
• cons
• gunmen
• roughs
• bravos
• stinkers
• trash
• ne'er-do-wells

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• angels
• saints
• heroes
• innocents

2

as in criminals

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• criminals
• offenders
• culprits
• lawbreakers
• defendants
• crooks
• malefactors
• perpetrators
• desperadoes
• accomplices
• outlaws
• thugs
• principals
• suspects
• guns
• villains
• misdemeanants
• convicts
• hoodlums
• trespassers
• wrongdoers
• hooligans
• transgressors
• sinners
• gangsters
• jailbirds
• perps
• racketeers
• mobsters
• recidivists
• fish
• backsliders
• evildoers
• detainees
• triggermen
• arrestees
• enforcers
• misdoers
• gunmen
• misfeasors
• blackhanders
• accused
• gallows birds
• gunsels
• button men
• repeaters
• hit men
• relapsers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lawmen
• gangbusters

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of miscreants

The staff is full of miscreants, who are snorting lines of cocaine left and right. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 7 Aug. 2026

Florida enacted new laws cracking down on miscreants in the treatment industry. — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 5 July 2026

The frenetic antics of Illumination‘s mascot army of yellow miscreants have always been indebted to vintage slapstick. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 June 2026

Elswyth can shoot ivy vines from her hands, wrapping the vines around miscreants to incapacitate them. — Chris Hewitt, Boston Herald, 15 May 2026

The cameras safeguard lawful policing and expose miscreants masquerading as officers. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026

If anything, Congress has not been tough enough with miscreants over the years. — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026

The first of these—a cult favorite among writers, particularly youngish women writers—put Lemann on the map as a singular stylist, capable of crystalline insights into the miscreants and oddballs of the American South and great bursts of unrestrained sentiment. — Brandy Jensen, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026

Yup, those $70,000-a-year-plus-benefits folks the city of San Diego has hired to creep around in the early-morning hours before the garbage trucks come and look for miscreants who have put plastic bags in the blue recycling bins or greenery in the black-now-gray trash bins. — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026