Thesaurus:criminal

Thesaurus:criminal

THESAURUS

criminal

English

Synonyms

• criminal

• crook

• culprit

• delinquent

• desperado

• double-dealer

• felon

• hoodlum

• lawbreaker

• malefactor

• malfeasant

• offender

• outlaw

• perpetrator

• public enemy

• scofflaw

Hyponyms

• arsonist

• bank robber

• blackmailer

• burglar    [WS]

• criminal leader    [WS]

• damber (UK, archaic)

• gallows bird    [WS]

• gangbanger (US)

• gangster

• kidnapper

• killer    [WS]

• mobster

• pickpocket    [WS]

• prostitute's client    [WS]

• racketeer

• robber

• terrorist

• sex offender

• thief    [WS]

• war criminal

Hypernyms

• person    [WS]

• sinner

• transgressor

• wrongdoer

Various

• absconder

• con

• convict

• fugitive

• prisoner    [WS]

See also

• Thesaurus:villain
• Thesaurus:troublemaker

Further reading

• “949. bad man” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “criminal” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.