Synonyms of rakish

rakish

adjective

ˈrā-kish 

as in corrupt

having or showing lowered moral character or standards

within a few short years their rakish son had squandered the family fortune on hard liquor and fast cars

Synonyms & Similar Words

• corrupt
• degraded
• sick
• dissolute
• crooked
• decadent
• debauched
• loose
• libertine
• degenerate
• perverted
• depraved
• warped
• perverse
• debased
• rakehell
• unwholesome
• dissipated
• vicious
• spoiled
• reprobate
• demoralized
• dishonest
• unclean
• wicked
• unscrupulous
• evil
• immoral
• bad
• unprincipled
• bent
• jackleg
• cutthroat
• unethical
• sinful
• nefarious
• tainted
• contaminated
• iniquitous
• miscreant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pure
• incorruptible
• uncorrupted
• ethical
• honest
• uncorrupt
• moral
• principled
• good
• virtuous
• righteous

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rakish

Like playwright Annie Baker’s warm, lush first feature, The Children’s Bach spins around a dreamy mother whose life is rattled by the appearance of a rakish rogue. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 July 2026

Watching their relationship devolve (never more so than when their sperm donor, a rakish, motorcycle-driving restaurant owner played by Mark Ruffalo, enters the scene) is most definitely a tear-jerking experience, as is the film’s final scene. — Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 June 2026

He is lured by the sound of music down a Montmartre street to Nicholas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), an old friend from his village who has grown up to be a talented violinist and rakish twink. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 June 2026

With his rakish sneer and ruthlessly tight jodhpurs, Rupert has been thoroughly neutered with irony, transformed into an object for women to pick at. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026