rascal
Lovable little troublemaker
A rascal is a mischievous or dishonest person.
The word often carries affection rather than real disapproval—parents call children rascals when they're being playfully naughty: You little rascal, you ate all the cookies.
Applied to adults, it can suggest charming roguishness or, less kindly, untrustworthiness.
Someone who plays tricks
- impMinor mischief-making devil
- scampMischievous young person
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
- tricksterCunning deceiver in myth
scallywag · hellion · monkey · minx · devil · terror · handful · nuisance
Mischievous young person
- little devilEndearing term for troublemaker
- monkeyTailed primate mammal
- munchkinDiminutive person, affectionately
- tykeYoung child, often naughty
tot · kiddo · rugrat · little one · cherub · sweetie · poppet · cheeky monkey
Dishonest, unscrupulous person
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
- villainWicked story antagonist
- banditArmed roadside thief
- highwaymanMounted thief targeting travelers
brigand · desperado · pirate · blackguard · ne'er-do-well · cad · bounder · wastrel
prankster
Someone who plays tricks
- impMinor mischief-making devil
- scampMischievous young person
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
trickster · scallywag · hellion · monkey · minx · devil · terror · handful · nuisance · pest
scamp
Mischievous young person
- little devilEndearing term for troublemaker
- monkeyTailed primate mammal
- munchkinDiminutive person, affectionately
tyke · tot · kiddo · rugrat · little one · cherub · sweetie · poppet · cheeky monkey · pickle
scoundrel
Dishonest, unscrupulous person
highwayman · brigand · desperado · pirate · blackguard · ne'er-do-well · cad · bounder · wastrel · good-for-nothing
scoundrel
Dishonest, unscrupulous person
wily · crafty · conniving · trickster · fox · sneak · operator · smooth talker · slippery · shrewd
- Rascalsimp, scamp, scallywag, scalawag, little devil
- troublemakerstroublemaker, delinquents, imps, brats, lawbreakers
- old insultsknave, varlet, scoundrel, rogue, blackguard
- misbehaviormisbehave, misbehavior, mischief, misconduct, naughty
- mischievousimpish, sly, prankster, cheeky, playful
- roguesrogue, rogues, scoundrel, scoundrels, knave
rascalgoody-goody
Affectedly moral person
conformist · teacher's pet · boy scout · square · straight arrow