low life
Society's dregs member
A low life is a person of contemptible character—someone who engages in petty crime, sleazy behavior, or general moral worthlessness.
The term suggests not just poverty but active disreputability: The bar was full of low lifes and hustlers.
As an adjective, low-life describes things associated with such people: a low-life scam, low-life associates.
Also spelled lowlife.
One who steals
- gangsterCriminal organization member
- felonSerious crime perpetrator
- smugglerIllegal goods transporter
- burglarOne who breaks in
pickpocket · fraudster · mobster · hoodlum · racketeer · conman · petty criminal · drug dealer
Dishonest, unscrupulous person
- villainWicked story antagonist
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
- ne'er-do-wellIrresponsible, idle person
- reprobateUnprincipled person beyond reform
degenerate · miscreant · wretch · cad · blackguard · sleazeball · dirtbag · scumbag
Shunned, rejected person
- vagrantHomeless itinerant person
- homelessWithout a dwelling
- drifterAimless, rootless traveler
- transientTemporary, soon departing
panhandler · beggar · street person · forgotten · dispossessed · derelict · castaway · pariah
thief
One who steals
burglar · pickpocket · fraudster · mobster · hoodlum · racketeer · conman · petty criminal · drug dealer · fence
scoundrel
Dishonest, unscrupulous person
- villainWicked story antagonist
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
- ne'er-do-wellIrresponsible, idle person
reprobate · degenerate · miscreant · wretch · cad · blackguard · sleazeball · dirtbag · scumbag · lowlife
outcast
Shunned, rejected person
transient · panhandler · beggar · street person · forgotten · dispossessed · derelict · castaway · pariah · untouchable
mafia
Criminal organization using intimidation
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- organized crimeStructured illegal enterprise
black market · racket · den · hideout · turf · speakeasy · yakuza · triad · gang · outfit
slum
Impoverished urban district
dive bar · seedy · sordid · filthy · rundown · back alley · tenement · shantytown · hovel · fleapit
low lifesaint
Canonized holy person
man of honor · straight arrow · do-gooder · boy scout · good person
low lifepillar of society
Esteemed, upstanding community member
pillar of the community · solid citizen · dignitary · notable · luminary
low lifearistocrat
Person of noble birth
sophisticate · blue blood · highborn · elite · patrician
low, life, lower, lowest, lowly, lowness, lives, lifeless, lifelike