lowlife
Society's bottom dweller
A lowlife is a person of low moral character—someone involved in petty crime, vice, or disreputable behavior.
The word suggests seediness rather than serious evil: The bar attracted lowlifes and drifters.
As an adjective, it describes such people or their world: lowlife scum, a lowlife neighborhood.
Plural: lowlifes.
Surface residue or lowlifes
- scumbagContemptible, dishonest person
- sleazebagContemptible, unethical person
- verminHarmful small animals
- slimeThick wet gunk
trash · dregs · riffraff · deadbeat · bum · loser · creep · slob
Unprincipled person beyond reform
- degenerateDecline morally or physically
- villainWicked story antagonist
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
- knaveDishonest, unprincipled person
blackguard · rascal · sinner · deviant · corrupt · unprincipled · dishonorable · shameless
Dishonest, unscrupulous person
- miscreantEvildoer or villain
- felonSerious crime perpetrator
- delinquentFailing in duty
- lawbreakerOne who commits crimes
offender · culprit · wrongdoer · crook · thug · hoodlum · convict · recidivist
Criminal organization member
- mobsterOrganized crime member
- thugViolent criminal
- enforcerOne who ensures compliance
- hitmanProfessional paid murderer
racketeer · smuggler · fence · dealer · pusher · bookie · loan shark · kingpin
Shunned, rejected person
- pariahRejected, shunned person
- vagrantHomeless itinerant person
- drifterAimless, rootless traveler
- transientTemporary, soon departing
down-and-out · hobo · panhandler · squatter · freeloader · leech · parasite · moocher
scum
Surface residue or lowlifes
- scumbagContemptible, dishonest person
- sleazebagContemptible, unethical person
- verminHarmful small animals
slime · trash · dregs · riffraff · deadbeat · bum · loser · creep · slob · good-for-nothing
reprobate
Unprincipled person beyond reform
- degenerateDecline morally or physically
- villainWicked story antagonist
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
knave · blackguard · rascal · sinner · deviant · corrupt · unprincipled · dishonorable · shameless · unscrupulous
scoundrel
Dishonest, unscrupulous person
- miscreantEvildoer or villain
- felonSerious crime perpetrator
- delinquentFailing in duty
lawbreaker · offender · culprit · wrongdoer · crook · thug · hoodlum · convict · recidivist · pickpocket
gangster
Criminal organization member
hitman · racketeer · smuggler · fence · dealer · pusher · bookie · loan shark · kingpin · capo
outcast
Shunned, rejected person
transient · down-and-out · hobo · panhandler · squatter · freeloader · leech · parasite · moocher · sponger
- compound wordsbookmark, breakdown, sunlight, breakup, snowflake
- "life" phraseslifeblood, nightlife, wildlife, highlife
- compound slangairhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, dimwit
- scoundrelsscoundrel, rogue, knave, cad, villain
- class labelsaristocrat, beggar, bourgeois, commoner, elite
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
lowlifesaint
Canonized holy person
hero · paragon · good person · mensch · man of honor
lowlifepillar of the community
Respected local leader
dignitary · pillar of society · luminary · notable · solid citizen