Thesaurus:criminal

Thesaurus

criminal

English

Noun

Sense: a person who is guilty of breaking the law

Synonyms

• criminal
• crook
• committer
• culprit
• delinquent
• desperado
• double-dealer
• felon
• hoodlum
• lawbreaker
• lowlife
• malefactor
• malfeasant
• offender
• outlaw
• perpetrator
• public enemy
• scofflaw
• undesirable

Hyponyms

• arsonist
• bank robber
• blackmailer
• burglar    [⇒ thesaurus]
• criminal leader    [⇒ thesaurus]
• crimo (NZ)
• damber (UK, archaic)
• gallows bird    [⇒ thesaurus]
• gangbanger (US)
• gangster
• kidnapper
• killer    [⇒ thesaurus]
• mobster
• pickpocket    [⇒ thesaurus]
• prostitute's client    [⇒ thesaurus]
• racketeer
• robber
• terrorist
• sex offender
• thief    [⇒ thesaurus]
• war criminal

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sinner
• transgressor
• wrongdoer

Various

• absconder
• con
• convict
• fugitive
• prisoner    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:villain
• Thesaurus:troublemaker
• Thesaurus:jerk

Further reading

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