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urchin

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of urchin

an appealingly mischievous person

  • we could never resist the little urchin's pleas for candy
Synonyms of urchin

devil, hellion, imp, mischief, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scamp
Words Related to urchin

cutup, larker, madcap, skylarker

ragamuffin

brat, disrupter, misbehaver, nuisance

juvenile delinquent

gamin, gamine
Near Antonyms of urchin

beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, joker, louse, lout, skunk, snake, stinkard, stinker

knave, miscreant, reprobate, scalawag (or scallywag), scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, villain

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