Synonyms of sleazeball

sleazeball

noun

ˈslēz-ˌbȯl 

slang

1

as in pervert

a person of low moral character

don't post your private info and revealing pics online—there are some real sleazeballs out there

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pervert
• creep
• slimeball
• sleazebag
• sleaze
• slime
• tramp
• degenerate
• reprobate
• libertine
• scumbag
• perv
• shyster
• slattern
• scuzzball
• pettifogger

2

as in bastard

a person whose behavior is offensive to others

despite the constant rebuffs, the sleazeball at the bar kept hitting up people for drinks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bastard
• jerk
• clown
• dog
• joker
• skunk
• idiot
• creep
• moron
• scumbag
• snake
• rat
• sleazebag
• scum
• brute
• beast
• swine
• schmuck
• cad
• villain
• rotter
• boor
• slimeball
• louse
• fool
• reptile
• toad
• dirtbag
• heel
• sleaze
• bugger
• vermin
• bounder
• so-and-so
• stinker
• scuzzball
• varmint
• brat
• lout
• slime
• blighter
• cretin
• pill
• sod
• hound
• nuisance
• buzzard
• cur
• bleeder
• son of a gun
• slob
• crud
• fink
• barbarian
• churl
• crumb
• stinkard
• savage
• lowlife
• nerd
• scoundrel
• chuff
• wretch
• vulgarian
• loudmouth
• rat fink
• rogue
• caveman
• rascal
• miscreant
• scab
• imbecile
• dolt
• roughneck
• Neanderthal
• jackass
• scamp
• doofus
• booby
• goon
• ninny
• airhead
• dope
• blockhead
• snob
• nitwit
• nincompoop
• pest
• schmo
• insolent
• dork
• turkey
• dink
• snot
• nut
• dweeb
• half-wit
• nit
• snip
• birdbrain
• snoot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hero
• gentleman
• lady
• heroine
• idol
• saint
• role model
• angel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sleazeball

Her father has the motivation and sleazeball expertise to do the planting, but the negotiation brings a toxic presence back into her life. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 10 July 2026

His take on Cady turns Mitchum’s familiar, even seductive, sleazeball into an extravagant monster; the kind of bad dude whose mere presence sends you across the street, out of the bar, or into hiding. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 3 June 2026

This essential, sleazeball classic stars Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone in the movie that catapulted her to the A-list. — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Mar. 2026

Meanwhile, Odell and his potential heirs, callous Belinda (Téa Leoni) and sleazeball Shepard (scene-stealer Will Poulter), take the discovery of a new species to unethical extremes. — Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025

Netflix announced Thursday that Terry Silver — the wealthy sleazeball played to ponytailed perfection by Thomas Ian Griffith in The Karate Kid Part III — will be making an appearance in Cobra Kai season 4. — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 27 May 2021

Why were lifelong feminists joining a party led by a man with a reputation as a macho dinosaur, or even a sleazeball? — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 May 2021