Synonyms of rogues

rogues

noun

plural of rogue

1

as in villains

a mean, evil, or unprincipled person

a rogue who had nothing but contempt for people who made their living honestly

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saints
• angels
• heroes
• innocents

2

as in monkeys

an appealingly mischievous person

the little rogue always seems to end up being forgiven for his pranks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• monkeys
• devils
• rascals
• mischiefs
• urchins
• rapscallions
• imps
• scamps
• hellions
• brats
• madcaps
• ragamuffins
• nuisances
• disrupters
• juvenile delinquents
• cutups
• larkers
• gamins
• skylarkers
• misbehavers
• gamines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clowns
• beasts
• skunks
• creeps
• snakes
• heels
• curs
• boors
• cads
• louts
• jokers
• cretins
• churls
• stinkers
• scoundrels
• villains
• louses
• knaves
• miscreants
• scalawags
• reprobates
• varlets
• stinkards
• scapegraces

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rogues

Actual rogues tend to skulk in corners and nick your smartphone. — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026

But the word thug as a term for rogues and thieves lived on in English. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026

Streetwise rogues in the mould of an enigmatic leader… there are certainly parallels between Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid and Tommy Shelby’s Peaky Blinders. — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026

Old Eight Eighty—I Among all the rogues in history, no class has been more persistent than counterfeiters, and only thieves have been more numerous. — David Grann, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025

Among the colorful cast of rogues, villains, queens and clergymen, Andre The Giant stands out as the young suitor’s kind-hearted but stupid brute. — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025

This quiz will test your knowledge, challenge your assumptions, and maybe even teach you something new about the rocky rogues of our solar system. — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025

Meanwhile, rogues’ daggers deal heavy damage when ambushing foes with a flurry of stamina-draining attacks. — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2025

Its leading export might be… the national mythology, a history of piracy, coups, countercoups, rogues, and off-shore Internet schemes. — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 29 June 2025