Definition for Criminal:

• One guilty of crime.

Synonyms for Criminal:

• adj.

  •bad (adjective)
  • wicked.
  •crooked (adjective)
  • Double dealing,
  • shady.
  •deplorable (adjective)
  • condemnable.
  •dishonest (adjective)
  • unconscionable.
  •guilty (adjective)
  • on one's head.
  •illegal (adjective)
  • offensive,
  • illicit,
  • unconstitutional,
  • actionable,
  • unwarranted,
  • wrongful,
  • illegal,
  • unauthorized,
  • unwarrantable,
  • forbidden,
  • against the law,
  • bootleg,
  • unlicensed,
  • verboten,
  • unjust,
  • unlawful,
  • felonious,
  • taboo,
  • lawless,
  • illegitimate,
  • punishable.
  •lawless, felonious (adjective)
  • indictable,
  • dirty,
  • smoking gun,
  • hung up,
  • corrupt,
  • illegitimate,
  • shady,
  • nefarious,
  • senseless,
  • immoral,
  • Caught,
  • heavy,
  • bent,
  • wicked,
  • racket,
  • scandalous,
  • illicit,
  • vicious,
  • unlawful,
  • wrong,
  • crooked,
  • wildcat,
  • illegal,
  • unrighteous,
  • culpable,
  • peccant,
  • villainous,
  • iniquitous,
  • deplorable.
  •murderous (adjective)
  • sanguinary,
  • sanguineous,
  • slaughterous,
  • murderous.
  •offensive (adjective)
  • outrageous.
  •thievish (adjective)
  • larcenous.
  •unconscionable (adjective)
  • amoral.
  •unjust (adjective)
  • unfair.
  •wicked (adjective)
  • improper,
  • damnable,
  • degenerate,
  • felonious,
  • base,
  • depraved,
  • scandalous,
  • iniquitous,
  • sadistic,
  • immoral,
  • lawbreaking,
  • debased,
  • bad,
  • wicked,
  • perverse,
  • reprehensible,
  • evildoing,
  • sinister,
  • shocking,
  • Misdoing,
  • black,
  • wrongdoing,
  • debauched,
  • sinful,
  • blameworthy,
  • obnoxious,
  • villainous,
  • indecent,
  • corrupt.
  •wrong (adjective)
  • unrighteous.

• n.

  •
  • shady,
  • fraudulent.
  •
  • unethical,
  • deviant,
  • perverted,
  • amoral,
  • gross.
  •
  • extraterritorial,
  • effective,
  • extrajudicial,
  • criminally,
  • enabling.
  •
  • juvenile.
  •bad person (noun)
  • rascal,
  • lecher,
  • backslider,
  • blackguard,
  • jezebel,
  • traitor,
  • rapscallion,
  • pervert,
  • scoundrel,
  • degenerate,
  • reprobate,
  • shyster,
  • knave,
  • villain,
  • hog,
  • swine,
  • pig,
  • heel,
  • miscreant,
  • rogue,
  • scamp,
  • slattern,
  • slob,
  • malingerer,
  • bad guy.
  •bandit (noun)
  • raider,
  • pirate.
  •criminal (noun)
  • condemnable,
  • illegal,
  • malefactor,
  • deplorable,
  • guilty,
  • outlaw,
  • wrong,
  • reprehensible,
  • felonious,
  • felon,
  • crook.
  •deceiver (noun)
  • counterfeiter,
  • fraud,
  • imposter,
  • con man,
  • con artist,
  • charlatan,
  • cheat,
  • fake,
  • phony,
  • Defrauder,
  • forger,
  • deceiver.
  •deserter (noun)
  • backslider.
  •enemy (noun)
  • bad person.
  •evildoer (noun)
  • hooligan,
  • bully,
  • crook,
  • hoodlum,
  • gunman,
  • viper,
  • ruffian,
  • vulture,
  • tyrant,
  • ogre,
  • terrorist,
  • wrongdoer,
  • cutthroat,
  • vandal,
  • evildoer,
  • desperado,
  • vampire,
  • tough,
  • thug,
  • brute,
  • demon,
  • law breaker,
  • thief,
  • snake,
  • monster,
  • fiend.
  •gangster (noun)
  • goon,
  • mafioso,
  • mobster,
  • gangster.
  •intruder (noun)
  • trespasser.
  •perpetrator (noun)
  • offender.
  •person (noun)
  • felon,
  • malefactor,
  • outlaw,
  • crook.
  •person who breaks the law (noun)
  • hustler,
  • deuce,
  • fugitive,
  • bad actor,
  • hoodlum,
  • lawbreaker,
  • crook,
  • repeater,
  • thug,
  • racketeer,
  • mug,
  • yardbird,
  • hood,
  • muscle,
  • scofflaw,
  • blackmailer,
  • desperado,
  • slippery eel,
  • malefactor,
  • jailbird,
  • offender,
  • evildoer,
  • convict,
  • trespasser,
  • mobster,
  • delinquent,
  • guerilla,
  • gangster,
  • inside person,
  • felon,
  • transgressor,
  • outlaw,
  • con,
  • sinner,
  • ex-con,
  • hooligan,
  • culprit,
  • wrongdoer.
  •prisoner (noun)
  • jailbird,
  • prisoner,
  • recidivist,
  • internee,
  • defendant,
  • captive,
  • convict,
  • loser,
  • scofflaw,
  • suspect,
  • offender,
  • lifer.
  •thief (noun)
  • extortionist,
  • highwayman,
  • Filcher,
  • outlaw,
  • prowler,
  • Grafter,
  • delinquent,
  • felon,
  • lifter,
  • stealer,
  • embezzler,
  • pirate,
  • larcener,
  • poacher,
  • culprit,
  • swindler,
  • cat burglar,
  • lawbreaker,
  • housebreaker,
  • hijacker,
  • burglar,
  • mugger,
  • larcenist,
  • pickpocket.

• v.

  •destroying (verb)
  • murderous.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • extrajudicial,
  • enabling,
  • destroyer,
  • extraterritorial,
  • judicial,
  • retroactive,
  • gangster,
  • raider,
  • criminally,
  • legislative,
  • effective,
  • juvenile delinquent,
  • enemy,
  • Corrupter.
  •
  • magisterial,
  • probationer,
  • trespasser,
  • lapsed.
  •
  • through,
  • hood.
  •
  • juvenile,
  • invalid.
  •aggressor
  • attacker.
  •assassin
  • manslayer.
  •bootlegger
  • smuggler.
  •felon
  • yegg.
  •gangster
  • racketeer.
  •incendiary
  • arsonist.
  •indefensible
  • indictable.
  •malefactor
  • malefactor.
  •mistaken
  • erring.
  •offender
  • transgressor.
  •pirate
  • buccaneer.
  •slayer
  • murderer.
  •wrongdoer
  • sinner.
  •Other relevant words:
  • caitiff,
  • gruesome,
  • hood,
  • inauspicious,
  • nonconstitutional,
  • ungodly,
  • dear,
  • inappropriate,
  • dedicate,
  • malefactor,
  • repeater,
  • wrong,
  • law of nations,
  • dishonourable,
  • toughie,
  • undutiful,
  • legislative,
  • guilty,
  • gangster,
  • unsuitable,
  • desecrate,
  • ecclesiastical law,
  • unethical,
  • break,
  • sanguinary,
  • high,
  • footpad,
  • savage,
  • malicious,
  • at fault,
  • doubtful,
  • extortionate,
  • criminally,
  • sad,
  • deplorable,
  • sinning,
  • confide,
  • invalid,
  • sacrilegious,
  • off-base,
  • probationer,
  • equity,
  • outlandish,
  • dog,
  • distressing,
  • unwarranted,
  • bad person,
  • juvenile delinquent,
  • corrupted,
  • gross,
  • deceptive,
  • devious,
  • roughneck,
  • fishy,
  • rascally,
  • ravish,
  • bandit,
  • flawed,
  • diabolical,
  • scurvy,
  • retroactive,
  • abominable,
  • Ill-got,
  • deviant,
  • arrant,
  • subversive,
  • Crown law,
  • deceitful,
  • inexpedient,
  • atrocious,
  • infringe,
  • sob,
  • unscrupulous,
  • indirect,
  • whitlow,
  • amoral,
  • unregenerate,
  • malevolent,
  • torpedo,
  • goon,
  • Justiciable,
  • grisly,
  • gunslinger,
  • Fiendish,
  • lamentable,
  • racketeer,
  • transgress,
  • jus gentium,
  • encroach,
  • dark,
  • immorally,
  • enabling,
  • consecrate,
  • conspirator,
  • Larrikin,
  • sanguineous,
  • abnormal,
  • vicious,
  • wildcat,
  • beastly,
  • hurtful,
  • irritate,
  • effective,
  • varlet,
  • feloniously,
  • hideous,
  • violate,
  • infernal,
  • wrongheaded,
  • yardbird,
  • extrajudicial,
  • triggerman,
  • renegade,
  • bad actor,
  • invade,
  • flagitious,
  • Reprovable,
  • desperate criminal,
  • perfidious,
  • rat,
  • incendiary,
  • Double dealer,
  • Picaroon,
  • unsanctioned,
  • penal,
  • ill,
  • manslayer,
  • underhanded,
  • betrayer,
  • malefic,
  • looter,
  • not done,
  • good-for-nothing,
  • guileful,
  • scoundrelly,
  • gallows bird,
  • unsavory,
  • contravene,
  • horrid,
  • proscribed,
  • nihilist,
  • underhand,
  • peccant,
  • bow,
  • gaolbird,
  • tricky,
  • dreadful,
  • woeful,
  • two-timer,
  • brutal,
  • sinner,
  • demonic,
  • hangdog,
  • pitiful,
  • racket,
  • bad hat,
  • slaughterer,
  • lex mercatoria,
  • unpardonable,
  • low,
  • hellish,
  • crafty,
  • abductor,
  • Corrupter,
  • hustler,
  • smoking gun,
  • s.o.b.,
  • misappropriated,
  • extortionist,
  • bent,
  • dishonest,
  • unrepentant,
  • unconscientious,
  • enemy,
  • juvenile,
  • unfortunate,
  • on one's head,
  • attacker,
  • radical,
  • horrible,
  • dirty,
  • insupportable,
  • Purloiner,
  • anomic,
  • mafioso,
  • outrageous,
  • baddy,
  • out-of-line,
  • wise guy,
  • murderer,
  • indecorous,
  • heinous,
  • kleptomaniac,
  • murderess,
  • Interdicted,
  • crooked,
  • deuce,
  • rotter,
  • terrible,
  • unofficial,
  • disgraceful,
  • fugitive,
  • untoward,
  • conscienceless,
  • statute law,
  • profane,
  • embezzler,
  • briber,
  • suspicious,
  • heavy,
  • irregular,
  • evil-doer,
  • civil law,
  • mischievous,
  • unconscionable,
  • skinhead,
  • judicial,
  • trespasser,
  • murderous,
  • outlawed,
  • opprobrious,
  • wickedly,
  • duplicitous,
  • Disallowed,
  • unfit,
  • assign,
  • irreverent,
  • black market,
  • nonlegal,
  • awful,
  • dishonorable,
  • miserable,
  • raider,
  • pilferer,
  • malfeasor,
  • cruel,
  • under-the-counter,
  • slippery eel,
  • anarchistic,
  • execrable,
  • contrabandist,
  • cad,
  • blighter,
  • traitorous,
  • perpetrate,
  • to blame,
  • unallowed,
  • slaughterous,
  • malfeasant,
  • slippery,
  • Misdemeanant,
  • rowdy,
  • fraudulent,
  • artful,
  • Caught,
  • commit crime,
  • questionable,
  • prohibited,
  • perpetrator,
  • scallywag,
  • contrary to law,
  • unspeakable,
  • international law,
  • arch,
  • rotten,
  • impermissible,
  • exorbitant,
  • off-color,
  • scalawag,
  • under-the-table,
  • prohibitive,
  • black hat,
  • canon law,
  • mug,
  • culpable,
  • anarchic,
  • rank,
  • anarchist,
  • indictable,
  • unfair,
  • hung up,
  • yegg,
  • unholy,
  • treacherous,
  • dastardly,
  • baddie,
  • misbranded,
  • larcenous,
  • defective,
  • loathsome,
  • knavish,
  • bomber,
  • blamable,
  • erring,
  • intruder,
  • involved,
  • gang member,
  • contraband,
  • unskillful,
  • blackguardly,
  • cur,
  • condemnable,
  • extraterritorial,
  • inferior,
  • aberrant,
  • censurable,
  • consign,
  • jail bird,
  • Double dealing,
  • venal,
  • gunsel,
  • undue,
  • mobster,
  • buccaneer,
  • punk,
  • dubious,
  • incorrect,
  • illegally,
  • Lex,
  • sorry,
  • intrude,
  • chargeable,
  • commit,
  • bounder,
  • revolutionary,
  • smuggler,
  • implicated,
  • venomous,
  • incorrigible,
  • offend,
  • guerilla,
  • monstrous,
  • hit man,
  • senseless,
  • dissolute,
  • insidious,
  • wretch,
  • get,
  • diabolic,
  • lapsed,
  • soldier,
  • injudicious,
  • destroyer,
  • reproachable,
  • transgressor,
  • unprincipled,
  • perverted,
  • shady,
  • unrighteous,
  • ignominious,
  • excessive,
  • evasive,
  • revert to,
  • apply,
  • commend,
  • ill-gotten,
  • impious,
  • Black-hearted,
  • ex-con,
  • muscle,
  • irreligious,
  • PERP,
  • insurgent,
  • deserter,
  • unseemly,
  • arsonist,
  • shameful,
  • inside person,
  • Impeachable,
  • slayer,
  • profligate,
  • through,
  • Triable,
  • against the law,
  • rough,
  • misfeasor,
  • Jus Civile,
  • quisling,
  • foul,
  • faithless,
  • curve,
  • unforgivable,
  • blackmailer,
  • administrative law,
  • injure,
  • mischief-maker,
  • entrust,
  • reptile,
  • unwarrantable,
  • appalling,
  • infamous,
  • disobey,
  • work against,
  • brigand,
  • wretched,
  • Unduteous,
  • nefarious,
  • public enemy,
  • unfitting,
  • abusive,
  • grim,
  • magisterial,
  • faulty,
  • unworthy,
  • Inculpated,
  • banned,
  • sharp,
  • shifty,
  • shameless,
  • inmate,
  • naughty,
  • twist,
  • ne'er-do-well,
  • evil,
  • vile,
  • egregious,
  • flagrant,
  • not kosher,
  • bend,
  • road agent.

Antonyms for Criminal:

• adj.

  • lawless, felonious
    lawful, Uncorrupt, ethical, good, kind, authorized, noble, righteous, blessed, proper, legal, moral, correct, pure, legitimate, right.
  • Other antonyms:
    guiltless, endorsed, nightly, approved, sanctioned, suggested, decorous, moral, supported, correct, virtuous, authorized, proper, seemly, nocturnal, permitted, clean-handed, meritorious, good, encouraged, licensed.

• n.

  • person who breaks the law
    police, law.

Homophones for Criminal:

• charnel, corneal, corn oil, chrome yellow, cherimolla, coronal, cromwell, cornel, chari-nile, criminally, crenel, corneille, corn lily, carnal, creamy-yellow, cornmeal, caramel, carinal, criminal law, cranial, crenelle, cornwall, coronilla, ceremonial, ceremonially, Carron Oil, cornell.

Hypernym for Criminal:

• n.

  • person
    hijacker, racketeer, incendiary, gangster's moll, traitor, mobster, parolee, contrabandist, goon, probationer, extortionist, jail bird, bootlegger, machinator, gaolbird, plotter, pusher, runner, fugitive from justice, gun moll, hoodlum, accessary, kidnapper, treasonist, desperado, extortioner, suborner, firebug, repeater, Kidnaper, moonshiner, arsonist, jailbird, highbinder, gangster, thug, snatcher, blackmailer, tough, manslayer, peddler, moon-curser, abductor, thief, strong-armer, liquidator, law offender, scofflaw, drug peddler, stealer, briber, desperate criminal, drug dealer, lawbreaker, highjacker, smuggler, drug trafficker, habitual criminal, toughie, conspirator, violator, accessory, rapist, murderer, moon curser, punk, fugitive, coconspirator, mafioso, recidivist, hood, raper, moll.

Hyponym for Criminal:

• n.

  • person
    principal.