Synonyms of roguish

roguish

adjective

as in mischievous

tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness

a roguish grin was the only sign that she had something up her sleeve for the office party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mischievous
• wicked
• playful
• impish
• rascally
• prankish
• waggish
• knavish
• puckish
• pixie
• pixieish
• sly
• naughty
• devilish
• elvish
• tricksy
• cunning
• arch
• happy
• scampish
• espiègle
• frolicsome
• whimsical
• kittenish
• leprechaunish
• lively
• coltish
• coy
• frisky
• wily
• teasing
• antic
• sportful
• lighthearted
• spirited
• sportive
• energetic
• sprightly
• crafty
• gay
• troublemaking
• artful
• tricky
• trickish
• misbehaving
• pestering
• riling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• grave
• stern
• solemn
• grim
• sober
• staid
• sedate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of roguish

The movie follows the life of feisty belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), from growing up on a plantation to her love affairs, including with roguish Rhett Butler (Clark Gable). — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026

The main Palm Dog went to Yuri, the roguish stray at the heart of Chilean director Dominga Sotomayor’s La Perra, premiering in Directors’ Fortnight. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026

Acquiring sports teams and land For much of his life a partying roustabout who wooed beautiful women with a roguish charm, the lean, mustachioed sportsman married three times. — David Bauder, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026

Plans are now underway for a contemporary reimagining of the series, which saw McShane play the eponymous roguish and fourth wall-breaking antiques dealer, a likeable anti-hero with a knack for recognizing genuine antiques from fakes or forgeries. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026

Joe Morrow plays the roguish Sean. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2026

Newsom has capably sensed what Democrats want right now, and is delivering it with a roguish charisma. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026

He's egged on by owner Jonathan Yu—the outward opposite to the roguish tattooed chef and the game-for-anything, sly devil on his shoulder who hides a mischievous heart behind elegant suits. — Su-Jit Lin, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2026

Yet Kunken gives the character a roguish charisma, in his tireless defense of American freedom, that Biniaz couldn’t help observing was arguably fictional. — Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025