bounder
Ill-mannered upstart
Bounder is a dated British term for a man whose behavior is considered socially unacceptable or ungentlemanly—someone who violates the unwritten codes of respectable conduct.
That bounder tried to cheat me at cards.
The word carries a tone of indignant disapproval, suggesting someone who oversteps boundaries of propriety.
It appears frequently in period dramas and novels set in Victorian or Edwardian England, often paired with cad or rotter.
Dishonest, unscrupulous person
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
- blackguardContemptible, dishonest person
- knaveDishonest, unprincipled person
- rascalLovable troublemaker
villain · heel · rake · libertine · reprobate · ne'er-do-well · scalawag · scamp
One feigning another's identity
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
- quackFake healer or fowl noise
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- conmanFraud who deceives for profit
deceiver · cheat · trickster · faker · phony · sham · grifter · mountebank
Pretense of fearlessness
- cockinessBrash overconfidence
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- boastfulnessExcessive pride in oneself
- pompousnessSelf-important display of grandeur
ostentation · conceit · bluster · braggadocio · self-importance · haughtiness · showoff · flashiness
scoundrel
Dishonest, unscrupulous person
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
- blackguardContemptible, dishonest person
- knaveDishonest, unprincipled person
rascal · villain · heel · rake · libertine · reprobate · ne'er-do-well · scalawag · scamp · sleaze
impostor
One feigning another's identity
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
- quackFake healer or fowl noise
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
conman · deceiver · cheat · trickster · faker · phony · sham · grifter · mountebank · hoaxer
bravado
Pretense of fearlessness
- cockinessBrash overconfidence
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- boastfulnessExcessive pride in oneself
pompousness · ostentation · conceit · bluster · braggadocio · self-importance · haughtiness · showoff · flashiness · strut
thug
Violent criminal
bruiser · tough · hooligan · rowdy · brawler · lager lout · yob · roughneck · troublemaker · delinquent
- Victorianaseances, Dickens, spiritualism, Sherlock Holmes, phrenology
- scoundrelsscoundrel, rogue, knave, cad, villain
- Jumpersfrog, kangaroo, grasshopper, flea, rabbit
- British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby
- old insultsknave, varlet, scoundrel, rogue, blackguard
- Posh Britishold boy, old chap, old bean, old sport, pip pip
boundergentleman
Courteous, honorable man
saint · hero · man of honor · lady · paragon
boundergentleman
Courteous, honorable man
lady · aristocrat · thoroughbred · blue blood
- out of boundsBeyond permitted limits
- bound toCertain to occur
- leaps and boundsRapid, remarkable progress
- bound forTraveling toward destination
- bound upClosely connected or involved
- upper boundMaximum permitted value
bound, boundary, bounds, rebound, bounding, abound, unbounded, abounding, bounded