Definition for Criminal:

• One guilty of crime.

Synonyms for Criminal:

• adj.

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

• n.

  •
  • shady.
  •
  • unethical,
  • deviant,
  • perverted,
  • amoral,
  • gross.
  •
  • juvenile.
  •bad person (noun)
  • lecher,
  • jezebel,
  • malingerer,
  • blackguard,
  • knave,
  • pervert,
  • bad guy,
  • rapscallion,
  • traitor,
  • swine,
  • rascal,
  • slattern,
  • scoundrel,
  • backslider,
  • degenerate,
  • heel,
  • scamp,
  • shyster,
  • hog,
  • pig,
  • reprobate,
  • slob.
  •bandit (noun)
  • pirate.
  •criminal (noun)
  • condemnable,
  • crook,
  • illegal,
  • reprehensible,
  • felonious,
  • deplorable.
  •deceiver (noun)
  • counterfeiter,
  • fraud,
  • imposter,
  • con man,
  • con artist,
  • charlatan,
  • cheat,
  • fake,
  • phony,
  • Defrauder,
  • forger,
  • deceiver.
  •enemy (noun)
  • bad person.
  •evildoer (noun)
  • gunman,
  • demon,
  • bully,
  • brute,
  • ogre,
  • evildoer,
  • vampire,
  • terrorist,
  • desperado,
  • fiend,
  • vulture,
  • cutthroat,
  • monster,
  • viper,
  • tyrant,
  • snake,
  • law breaker,
  • vandal.
  •gangster (noun)
  • goon,
  • mobster,
  • mafioso.
  •intruder (noun)
  • trespasser.
  •perpetrator (noun)
  • offender.
  •person who breaks the law (noun)
  • convict,
  • con,
  • lawbreaker.
  •prisoner (noun)
  • lifer,
  • captive,
  • loser,
  • internee,
  • defendant,
  • recidivist,
  • prisoner,
  • suspect.
  •thief (noun)
  • larcener,
  • pickpocket,
  • Grafter,
  • swindler,
  • prowler,
  • housebreaker,
  • hijacker,
  • burglar,
  • mugger,
  • cat burglar,
  • poacher,
  • lifter,
  • Filcher.

• v.

  •destroying (verb)
  • murderous.

• Other synonyms:

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

Paraphrases for Criminal:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    felon.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    jurisdictional, evil.
  • Proper noun, singular
    infractions, crops.
  • Noun, plural
    matters, investigations, Charges, Adults, prisoners, seniors, corners, goods.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    matters.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    penal, crime-related, delinquent, punishable, crime, indictable, murderous, punitive, reprehensible, wrongful, malicious, judicial, criminalized, guilty, heinous, anti-crime, law-breaking, sinful, repressive.
  • Proper noun, singular
    penal, Crimes, crime, judicial.
  • Noun, plural
    courts, Crimes.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    penal, criminal-law, crime, gangster, perpetrator, villain, felony, PERP, arson, crook, mobster.

Antonyms for Criminal:

• adj.

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

• 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.