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scalawag

noun

variants: or scallywag

Synonyms and Antonyms of scalawag

a mean, evil, or unprincipled person

a scalawag who had taken to begging on street corners while posing as a blind person

Synonyms of scalawag

baddie (or baddy), beast, brute, caitiff, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, hound, knave, meanie (also meany), miscreant, monster, nazi, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, savage, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, villain, wretch

Words Related to scalawag

criminal, crook, culprit, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, perp, perpetrator, transgressor

sinner, trespasser, wrongdoer

cad, heel, serpent, snake, viper

bandit, bravo, desperado, outlaw

con, convict, jailbird

assassin, cutthroat, gangster, goon, gunman, hoodlum, hooligan, racketeer, ruffian, thug

rough, rowdy, tough

loser, lowlife, neʼer-do-well, stinker, trash

Near Antonyms of scalawag

angel, innocent, saint

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