Synonyms for felon
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Noun
1. Offender
criminal, offender, outlaw, convict, crook, transgressor, culprit, malefactor, hoodlum, perpetrator, delinquent
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Definitions
- n. 1
A person who has committed a felony (“a serious criminal offence”); specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.
Related words
- Word family
- felonious feloniousness felonwood felonwort felony
- Is a kind of
- criminal convict culprit malefactor
Forms
- Plural
- felons → criminals, offenders, outlaws, convicts…
Example sentences
- offender Sami's picture popped up on a sex offender website.
- outlaw They found the outlaw’s tracks near the river.
- crook One crook plus one crook is equal to zero crooks.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| felon | rising | |
| offender | rising | |
| outlaw | rising | |
| crook | rising | |
| transgressor | rising | |
| whitlow | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- crook1
- 6 letters
- outlaw2
- 7 letters
- convict2, culprit2, hoodlum2, whitlow2
- 8 letters
- criminal3, offender3
- 10 letters
- delinquent3, malefactor4
- 11 letters
- perpetrator4
- 12 letters
- transgressor3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (outlaw2 = 2 syllables).