What is another word for bandit?
934 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ bˈandɪt], [ bˈandɪt], [ b_ˈa_n_d_ɪ_t]
Bandit, a term widely used in the world of law enforcement and crime, can be substituted with many synonyms. Some of these synonyms include brigand, outlaw, highwayman, robber, pirate, marauder, thug, and ruffian. Each of these words carries its own nuance and context, providing a range of choices for writers or speakers looking to vary their language. Some may connote a more violent connotation like pirate or thug, while others such as brigand or highwayman may conjure up images of old-timey robbers. But whatever term you choose, they all describe someone who engages in criminal activity, typically through robbery or theft.
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Synonyms for Bandit:
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- Crimes .
- Asperser ,
- Calumniator ,
- Enemies ,
- arch-enemy ,
- backbiter ,
- backbiters ,
- defamer ,
- defamers ,
- defiler ,
- defilers ,
- disputant ,
- disputants ,
- emulator ,
- emulators ,
- invaders ,
- other side ,
- prosecutor ,
- prosecutors ,
- revolutionaries ,
- saboteur ,
- saboteurs ,
- seditionist ,
- seditionists ,
- slanderer ,
- slanderers ,
- traducer ,
- traducers ,
- vilifier .
- ANTIS ,
- Counter-agent ,
- anti ,
- bidder ,
- bidders ,
- counteragent ,
- dissentient ,
- dissentients ,
- litigant ,
- litigants ,
- opposer .
- cardsharpers ,
- cattle thieves ,
- de spoiler ,
- de spoilers ,
- de-spoiler ,
- de-spoilers ,
- holdup artists ,
- sandbaggers ,
- second story operator ,
- second story operators ,
- second-story operators ,
- secondstory operator ,
- secondstory operators .
Other synonyms:
- Bushranger ,
- Purloiner ,
- body snatcher ,
- cat burglar ,
- corsair ,
- larcener ,
- larcenist ,
- mugger ,
- pickpocket ,
- pilferer ,
- rustler ,
- souvenir hunter ,
- stealer .
- housebreaker .
- crook .
Other relevant words:
- abductor muscle ,
- accelerator ,
- accelerator pedal ,
- accept ,
- acquire ,
- acute ,
- adopt ,
- affect ,
- aggressor ,
- aim ,
- airforce ,
- amaze ,
- angle of dip ,
- ape ,
- aper ,
- apostate ,
- appal ,
- appall ,
- apprehensive ,
- appropriate ,
- apt ,
- arrest ,
- arrive ,
- arrogate ,
- artillery ,
- assassinator ,
- assaulter ,
- assimilate ,
- assume ,
- attach ,
- attain ,
- backstair ,
- backstairs ,
- bad ,
- baddie ,
- baffle ,
- baffling ,
- baldhead ,
- baldpate ,
- baldy ,
- bang ,
- bang-up ,
- bark ,
- bear ,
- beat ,
- becharm ,
- become ,
- beget ,
- begin ,
- beguile ,
- beleaguer ,
- bend ,
- better-looking ,
- bewilder ,
- bewitch ,
- big ,
- bighearted ,
- bird of night ,
- bird of passage ,
- blunderer ,
- bogie ,
- bogy ,
- bomber ,
- bonnet ,
- booster ,
- booty ,
- borrow ,
- botcher ,
- bounteous ,
- bountiful ,
- bowelless ,
- breach ,
- break ,
- bring ,
- bring forth ,
- bruise ,
- bug ,
- bugger off ,
- bull ,
- bully ,
- bumbler ,
- bungler ,
- busy ,
- buy out ,
- buy up ,
- buzz off ,
- cadger ,
- cagey ,
- cagy ,
- canny ,
- cap ,
- captivate ,
- card shark ,
- card sharp ,
- card sharper ,
- cardsharp ,
- castaway ,
- catch ,
- cause ,
- cause of death ,
- challenger ,
- chance on ,
- chance upon ,
- chanceful ,
- chancy ,
- charm ,
- choker ,
- circumspect ,
- clamber ,
- clear the throat ,
- clod ,
- clutch ,
- coddler ,
- coin ,
- coin machine ,
- collide with ,
- come ,
- come across ,
- come in ,
- come to ,
- come upon ,
- command ,
- commando ,
- commence ,
- competition ,
- competitor ,
- concern ,
- condemnable ,
- confiscate ,
- contender ,
- contract ,
- controversialist ,
- convey ,
- cop ,
- copycat ,
- corking ,
- counterpart ,
- cowl ,
- cowling ,
- cracking ,
- crampfish ,
- crap-shooter ,
- criminalise ,
- criminalize ,
- cunning ,
- curve ,
- cutis ,
- cutting ,
- dakoit ,
- dandy ,
- defy ,
- delay ,
- deplorable ,
- deserter ,
- desperate criminal ,
- despoil ,
- detain ,
- develop ,
- dicey ,
- dim ,
- dirty money ,
- discover ,
- discriminating ,
- dissenting ,
- dissident ,
- diversionist ,
- don ,
- douse ,
- downlike ,
- draw ,
- drive ,
- drop ,
- duck ,
- dumbfound ,
- dunk ,
- eclipse ,
- effective ,
- electric ray ,
- eloquent ,
- elusive ,
- enamor ,
- enamour ,
- enchant ,
- encroach upon ,
- endure ,
- engage ,
- engender ,
- engulf ,
- enter ,
- entrance ,
- entrench ,
- equal ,
- excise ,
- exhaust hood ,
- experience ,
- expunge ,
- exquisite ,
- fall ,
- fall upon ,
- fascinate ,
- father ,
- felonious ,
- fetch ,
- fierce ,
- fifth columnist ,
- filibusterer ,
- fill ,
- find ,
- fine-looking ,
- fire warden ,
- fix ,
- fleeting ,
- flossy ,
- fluent ,
- fluffy ,
- flummox ,
- foe ,
- foeman ,
- foray ,
- forest fire fighter ,
- free fall ,
- freehanded ,
- fuck off ,
- fuckup ,
- fugitive from justice ,
- fumbler ,
- gaining control ,
- gaolbird ,
- garroter ,
- garrotter ,
- gas ,
- gas pedal ,
- gawk ,
- generate ,
- get down ,
- get hold of ,
- get in ,
- get under one's skin ,
- ghoul ,
- giving ,
- glom ,
- go ,
- go against ,
- go in ,
- go into ,
- good-looking ,
- gorilla gorilla ,
- grab ,
- grampus ,
- gravel ,
- graverobber ,
- grease gun ,
- great ,
- grinder ,
- groovy ,
- grow ,
- gun for hire ,
- happen upon ,
- happy ,
- hard ,
- harpy bat ,
- harpy eagle ,
- have ,
- heady ,
- healthy ,
- heavy weapon ,
- hellcat ,
- hero ,
- hero sandwich ,
- hide ,
- highjack ,
- highjacker ,
- hijack ,
- hired gun ,
- hoagie ,
- hoagy ,
- hold ,
- hold out ,
- hold water ,
- hook ,
- hooter ,
- housewrecker ,
- huckster ,
- hurt ,
- illegalise ,
- illegalize ,
- illegitimate ,
- illicit ,
- imbibe ,
- imitator ,
- immerse ,
- imp ,
- impinge on ,
- impound ,
- impress ,
- incisive ,
- inclination ,
- incur ,
- induce ,
- infest ,
- infract ,
- infringe ,
- ingest ,
- injure ,
- interest ,
- intrude ,
- intrude on ,
- ishmael ,
- jail bird ,
- kidnapper ,
- killer whale ,
- knave ,
- knavish ,
- knifelike ,
- knock off ,
- knotty ,
- lament ,
- lancinate ,
- lancinating ,
- last ,
- lawless ,
- lens hood ,
- let ,
- level-headed ,
- levelheaded ,
- libeler ,
- liberal ,
- light upon ,
- liquidator ,
- literary pirate ,
- litigator ,
- live ,
- live on ,
- lodge in ,
- loot ,
- lout ,
- lubber ,
- lummox ,
- lump ,
- magnetic dip ,
- magnetic inclination ,
- make ,
- malefactor ,
- maligner ,
- manslayer ,
- master ,
- match ,
- meatman ,
- mint ,
- mollycoddler ,
- momentaneous ,
- momentary ,
- monger ,
- monkey ,
- mooch ,
- moocher ,
- moon curser ,
- moon-curser ,
- mortarboard ,
- mother ,
- move ,
- move into ,
- mystify ,
- neat ,
- nifty ,
- nimble-fingered ,
- nonplus ,
- nose ,
- not bad ,
- numbfish ,
- oaf ,
- obstructer ,
- obstructionist ,
- obstructor ,
- obtain ,
- obtrude upon ,
- old ,
- openhanded ,
- opposing ,
- opposite ,
- opposition ,
- orca ,
- ordnance ,
- outcast ,
- outlawed ,
- outrage ,
- overlook ,
- overrun ,
- overshadow ,
- overtop ,
- own ,
- padder ,
- pamperer ,
- pare ,
- pay back ,
- pay off ,
- peachy ,
- peddle ,
- peel ,
- pelt ,
- penetrating ,
- penetrative ,
- pernicious ,
- perplex ,
- pester ,
- piercing ,
- pillaging ,
- pique ,
- piranha ,
- pirate ship ,
- pitch ,
- plagiariser ,
- plagiarist ,
- plagiarizer ,
- plunder ,
- plundering ,
- plunge ,
- poke ,
- polluter ,
- poor boy ,
- pose ,
- predator ,
- predominate ,
- prehend ,
- prevail ,
- privateersman ,
- prize ,
- problematic ,
- problematical ,
- produce ,
- prosecuting attorney ,
- prosecuting officer ,
- pry ,
- puberulent ,
- pubescent ,
- public prosecutor ,
- punk ,
- put on ,
- puzzle ,
- ransack ,
- rap ,
- rapscallion ,
- ratter ,
- reasoning ,
- reave ,
- rebel ,
- receive ,
- recreant ,
- recusant ,
- refined ,
- reign ,
- relieve ,
- repeat ,
- reprehensible ,
- reside ,
- rifle ,
- roamer ,
- rogue ,
- roughneck ,
- rowdy ,
- ruffianly ,
- rugged ,
- rule ,
- run into ,
- runaway ,
- runner ,
- sad sack ,
- safebreaker ,
- samson ,
- scalawag ,
- scallywag ,
- scamp ,
- scandalise ,
- scandalize ,
- scouter ,
- scram ,
- scramble ,
- scrape ,
- scratch ,
- sea poacher ,
- sea poker ,
- sea robber ,
- sea rover ,
- sea wolf ,
- seizure ,
- sequester ,
- sericeous ,
- set about ,
- set out ,
- sharp ,
- sharper ,
- sharpie ,
- sharpy ,
- shepherd's crook ,
- shin ,
- shine ,
- shinny ,
- shock ,
- shot ,
- silver ,
- silver-tongued ,
- sink ,
- sire ,
- slap-up ,
- slaughter ,
- slaughterer ,
- slick ,
- sly ,
- smash ,
- smasher ,
- smashing ,
- smooth-spoken ,
- snatcher ,
- sneak ,
- sneaky ,
- snitch ,
- snitcher ,
- soak up ,
- sop up ,
- sound ,
- souse ,
- spite ,
- sputter ,
- stabbing ,
- stamp down ,
- stand up ,
- start ,
- start out ,
- stealthy ,
- steep ,
- stick ,
- stick up ,
- stickup man ,
- stimulate ,
- strangler tree ,
- strapper ,
- street fighter ,
- strickle ,
- strip ,
- strong-armer ,
- struggle ,
- stumblebum ,
- stumbler ,
- stupefy ,
- sturdy ,
- sub ,
- subdue ,
- submarine ,
- submarine sandwich ,
- subtle ,
- suck ,
- suck up ,
- suffer ,
- support ,
- suppress ,
- surreptitious ,
- survive ,
- sustain ,
- swag ,
- swell ,
- take ,
- take in ,
- take on ,
- take up ,
- tangle with ,
- tap ,
- taw ,
- tease ,
- tegument ,
- ten-strike ,
- thinking ,
- throttle ,
- throttler ,
- thwarter ,
- touch ,
- toughened ,
- toughie ,
- tow car ,
- tow truck ,
- trance ,
- transgress ,
- trench ,
- tricksy ,
- tricky ,
- triggerman ,
- tube-nosed bat ,
- tube-nosed fruit bat ,
- turn ,
- turncoat ,
- twist ,
- unlawful ,
- use up ,
- varlet ,
- vend ,
- vex ,
- vicious ,
- violate ,
- vis-a-vis ,
- vixen ,
- vulture ,
- walk out ,
- wanderer ,
- war hawk ,
- wear ,
- wedge ,
- weightlifter ,
- well-favored ,
- well-favoured ,
- well-informed ,
- whitlow ,
- wily ,
- wisconsinite ,
- wise ,
- withstand ,
- work stoppage ,
- worry ,
- wound ,
- yob ,
- yobbo ,
- yobo ,
- zep .
- Bandits ,
- CHOR ,
- Depredator ,
- Forager ,
- Insinuating ,
- Kidnaper ,
- Larrikin ,
- Mosstrooper ,
- Oppositionist ,
- Picaroon ,
- Pickeerer ,
- Picklock ,
- Piqueerer ,
- Rapparee ,
- Ravager ,
- Sacker ,
- abductor ,
- absorb ,
- adversary ,
- air armada ,
- air force ,
- antagonist ,
- badger ,
- badman ,
- bandido ,
- bandito ,
- bogey ,
- box man ,
- bravo ,
- brigand ,
- buccaneer ,
- bummer ,
- burglar ,
- bush-ranger ,
- capture ,
- cattle thief ,
- clever ,
- commandeer ,
- conquer ,
- contrabandist ,
- cracksman ,
- crafty ,
- criminal ,
- cutpurse ,
- cutthroat ,
- dacoit ,
- desperado ,
- despoiler ,
- dip ,
- discerning ,
- discreet ,
- dodgy ,
- dominate ,
- downy ,
- efficient ,
- elegant ,
- embezzler ,
- encroach ,
- enemy ,
- engross ,
- facile ,
- falcon ,
- felicitous ,
- felon ,
- filibuster ,
- footpad ,
- foxy ,
- freebooter ,
- fugitive ,
- furtive ,
- gang member ,
- gangster ,
- get ,
- get into ,
- goon ,
- graceful ,
- guileful ,
- gunman ,
- gunsel ,
- gunslinger ,
- handsome ,
- harpy ,
- hawk ,
- highwayman ,
- highwayperson ,
- hijacker ,
- hit man ,
- hold up ,
- holdup man ,
- holdup person ,
- hood ,
- hoodlum ,
- hooligan ,
- horn in ,
- impinge ,
- ingenious ,
- insidious ,
- intelligent ,
- invade ,
- jackleg ,
- judicious ,
- keen ,
- kleptomaniac ,
- light-fingered ,
- looter ,
- mafioso ,
- marauder ,
- mobsman ,
- mobster ,
- occupy ,
- offend ,
- opponent ,
- peculator ,
- pillage ,
- pillager ,
- pirate ,
- plunderer ,
- poach ,
- poacher ,
- possess ,
- privateer ,
- racketeer ,
- raider ,
- ranger ,
- rascal ,
- renegade ,
- resister ,
- rip-off artist ,
- rival ,
- road agent ,
- robber ,
- rover ,
- ruffian ,
- sandbagger ,
- scoundrel ,
- sea king ,
- second-story man ,
- seize ,
- shark ,
- shoplifter ,
- skin ,
- skinhead ,
- slaunchways ,
- slot machine ,
- smuggler ,
- sneak thief ,
- soldier ,
- spieler ,
- spoiler ,
- stick-up man ,
- strike ,
- take over ,
- thief ,
- thieve ,
- thug ,
- torpedo ,
- tough ,
- usurp ,
- viking ,
- villain ,
- wrecker .
- CRIP ,
- CRIPS ,
- Gorillas ,
- Grafter ,
- Oppugnant ,
- Oppugner ,
- angries ,
- bad person ,
- cardsharper ,
- cutthroats ,
- despoilers ,
- ex-con ,
- footpads ,
- foragers ,
- gorilla ,
- grafters ,
- gunslingers ,
- hired killer ,
- hired killers ,
- holdup artist ,
- hoodlums ,
- housebreakers ,
- jailbird ,
- jailbirds ,
- killer ,
- opposite number ,
- pariah ,
- pillagers ,
- professional killer ,
- rioter ,
- rioters ,
- rustlers ,
- safecracker ,
- safecrackers ,
- second-story operator ,
- shoplifters ,
- wrong number .
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How to use "Bandit" in context?
The word "bandit" originates from Medieval France, where it referred to a outlaw or thief. Over time, the term was generalized to refer to any criminal, especially one who robs people in groups. The original meaning of the word has been lost, but it is still used today to describe people who engage in criminal activity.
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Homophones for Bandit:
- bonehead, bouffant, bountied, bayonet, bonete, bended, banded, bow window, by mouth, boneheaded, boned, bee moth, band, behemoth, beyond, beneath, biont, bonito, binate, bennett, band aid, bantoid, benweed, bound, bay window, bend, bandy, buoyant, bipinnate, bond, bounded, beaumontia, boom out, buy into, bonnethead, bent, Baphia Nitida, bonnet, bounty, Bay Of Fundy, beaumont, bon mot, benday, BMDO, bentwood, benet, bonded, bind, by hand, bunt, beau monde, bandwidth, bandeau, bantu, behind, bindweed, banned, binet, bennet, bufonidae, beef fondue.
Hyponym for Bandit:
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not paid for
- Synonyms:
- unpaid.
