WordNet Search - 3.1

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Noun

S: (n) scalawag (scalawag%1:18:03::), scallywag (scallywag%1:18:03::) (a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest))

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (n) rogue (rogue%1:18:00::), knave (knave%1:18:00::), rascal (rascal%1:18:02::), rapscallion (rapscallion%1:18:02::), scalawag (scalawag%1:18:02::), scallywag (scallywag%1:18:02::), varlet (varlet%1:18:02::) (a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
derivationally related form

W: (adj) rascally (rascally%3:00:00:dishonest:00) [Related to: rascal] (lacking principles or scruples) "the rascally rabble"; "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew"

S: (n) imp (imp%1:18:00::), scamp (scamp%1:18:00::), monkey (monkey%1:18:00::), rascal (rascal%1:18:01::), rapscallion (rapscallion%1:18:01::), scalawag (scalawag%1:18:01::), scallywag (scallywag%1:18:01::) (one who is playfully mischievous)