Synonyms of scoundrels

scoundrels

noun

plural of scoundrel

as in villains

a mean, evil, or unprincipled person

some scoundrel stole my wallet

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saints
• angels
• heroes
• innocents

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scoundrels

But as with any good Leonard story, the best moments come from the characters, a rogues’ gallery of violent ruffians and neurotic, duplicitous scoundrels. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

Players command Hawks, a former Republic officer, leading a customizable squad of diverse archetypes, including Jedi and scoundrels. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

And the surviving cartel scoundrels take the parting shot by kidnapping beloved Carter, putting a hood on him and taking the boy off. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026

New Orleans has long been notorious for embracing such scoundrels, a reputation that isn’t exactly helped by the fact that, for many years, disgraced attorneys who lost their licenses in Louisiana and applied for readmission to the bar often got it. — Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

Political leaders who encourage or tolerate such scoundrels should be driven from office. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026

Giannis, a gentleman even in this era of scoundrels, likely wants to do right by the Bucks, too. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025

These twin influences, religious fervor and a preoccupation with dangerous men, would go on to define the next six decades of the director’s working life, finding expression as a conviction that even scoundrels are in possession of a soul. — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 Oct. 2025

Meanwhile, the nation’s financial titans, so admired during the boom years, were recast as villains and scoundrels. — Barbara Spindel, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2025