SYNONYMS
scoundrel, rogue, villain, rascal, good-for-nothing, wretch, ne'er-do-well, unprincipled person, reprobate, scapegrace, wrongdoer, evil-doer, charlatan, cheat, swindler, fraudster
informal swine, louse, hound, cur, rat, scumbag, wrong'un, bastard, beast, son of a bitch, SOB, skunk, nasty piece of work, ratbag
British informal scrote, blighter
Irish informal spalpeen, sleeveen
North American informal fink, rat fink
West Indian informal scamp
Northern English informal scally
informal, dated cad, heel, bad egg, dastard, stinker
British informal, dated rotter, bounder
archaic blackguard, miscreant, varlet, vagabond, rapscallion, whoreson