Synonyms of scamps

scamps 1 of 2

noun

plural of scamp

1

as in monkeys

an appealingly mischievous person

those little scamps are always getting into trouble, but no one has the heart to punish them

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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as in villains

a mean, evil, or unprincipled person

an insincere and ruthlessly ambitious scamp who was willing to do anything to win the reality show's grand prize

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saints
• angels
• heroes
• innocents

scamps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of scamp

as in bungles

Related Words

• bungles
• botches
• muffs
• goofs (up)
• foozles
• fumbles
• messes (up)
• louses up
• mishandles

Dissimilar Words

• maneuvers
• treats
• plays
• contends (with)
• engineers
• takes
• addresses
• manages
• fields
• swings
• handles
• manipulates
• hacks
• negotiates
• grapples (with)
• copes (with)
• carries out
• pulls
• finesses
• gets off
• carries off
• jockeys
• brings off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scamps

Noun

Yes, otters — those adorable little scamps with nearly human faces that mostly lie on their backs at the surface, using their bellies as snack trays. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

The history of The Little Rascals dates back to the 1920s, when a series of short films called our Our Gang introduced audiences to lovable scamps like Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and Porky. — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026

McKelway, who wrote for the magazine from the nineteen-thirties to the sixties, specialized in true-crime stories, bringing to life a gallery of scamps and swindlers and impostors. — David Grann, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025

Season 2 brings viewers back to Nevermore Academy, the gothic high school for supernatural scamps that Wednesday enrolled in last time around, and subsequently helped save from Season 1 villains Tyler (Hunter Doohan) and Marilyn Thornhill (Christina Ricci, a one-time Wednesday herself). — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025