Rascal

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that is playfully mischievous.
  • n. An unscrupulous, dishonest person; a scoundrel.
  • adj. Archaic Made up of, belonging to, or relating to the common people: "Nor shall the Rascal Rabble here have Peaceā€ ( John Dryden).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Someone who is naughty; either playfully mischievous or a troublemaker, a dishonest person, a scoundrel.
  • n. A member of a criminal gang in Papua New Guinea.
  • adj. low(ly), part of or belonging to the common rabble
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer.
  • n. A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The commonalty of people; the vulgar herd; the general mass.
  • n. In hunting, a refuse or despicable beast or class of beasts; an animal, or animals collectively, unfit to chase or to kill, on account of ignoble quality or lean condition; especially, a lean deer.
  • n. A low or vulgar person; one of the rabble; a boor or churl.
  • n. A low or mean fellow; a tricky, dishonest person; a rogue; a knave; a scamp: used in objurgation with much latitude, and often, like rogue, with slight meaning. Compare rascally.
  • Paltry; worthless; unworthy of consideration; in a special use, unfit for the chase, as a lean deer: used of things or animals.
  • Low; mean; base; common; ignoble; vulgar; knavish: used of persons, formerly with reference to class or occupation, but now only with an implication of moral baseness or dishonesty.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. one who is playfully mischievous
  • n. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    scoundrel    villain   
    Form
    rascally    rascality    rascalry   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rogue    scoundrel    trickster    low    mean    base    blackguard    scamp    villainy    miscreant   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Gaskell    Haskell   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scoundrel    knave    wretch    thief    ruffian    liar    hypocrite    vagabond    brute    impostor