- desperado
- n1. terrorist, gunman, gangster, criminal, mafioso, (in Paris) apache; thug, tough, mugger, ruffian, rowdy, hoodlum, Sl. hood, Inf. goon, hooligan, Inf. roughneck, Inf. baddy, Australian Sl. larrikin, Brit. Hist.Mohock.2. highwayman, footpad, Sl. yegg or yeggman, bandit, Sp. bandolero, outlaw, Southwest U.S. ladrone, Australian. bushranger, bravo, brigand; picaroon, rogue, (in India and Burma) dacoit.3. pirate, rover, viking, corsair, buccaneer, privateer; freebooter, rapparee, (in the Scottish Highlands) cateran; pillager, plunderer, marauder, despoiler, depredator, ransacker, sacker, looter, rifler, forager, raider.4. malefactor, miscreant, villain, hellhound, fiend, knave, blackguard; lawbreaker, felon, cutthroat, murderer, robber, thief.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.