desperado

Meaning of desperado

noun

a desperate or reckless person, especially a criminal.

early 17th century: pseudo-Spanish alteration of the obsolete noun desperate . Both desperate and desperado originally denoted a person in despair or in a desperate situation, hence someone made reckless by despair.

Information about desperado

Hyphenation of desperado

des-per-ado

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • desperado is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

desperado synonyms

Meaning a robber or outlaw belonging to a gang and typically operating in an isolated or lawless area:

bandit

Meaning a person who has committed a crime:

criminal

Meaning a person who has broken the law, especially one who remains at large or is a fugitive:

outlaw

Meaning a person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles:

renegade

Meaning a person who marauds; a raider:

marauder

Meaning a person who attacks an enemy in their territory; a marauder:

raider

Meaning a person who commits robbery:

robber

Meaning a person who breaks the law:

lawbreaker

Meaning a criminal:

villain

Meaning a violent person, especially a criminal:

thug

Meaning a violent person, especially one involved in crime:

ruffian

Meaning a rough and violent man:

tough

Meaning a violent young troublemaker, typically one of a gang:

hooligan

Meaning a member of a gang of violent criminals:

gangster

Meaning a person who attacks and robs ships at sea:

pirate

Meaning a person who engages in daring and romantic adventures with bravado or flamboyance:

swashbuckler

Meaning a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims:

terrorist

Meaning a man who uses a gun to commit a crime or terrorist act:

gunman

Meaning a person who engages in crime and violence; a hooligan or gangster:

hoodlum

Words that rhyme with desperado

Alvarado, arado, parado, alumbrado, Emerado, Silverado, snipperado, centigrado, malgrado, revirado, comrado, Conrado, Colorado, Dorado, Eldorado, Kanorado, Lorado, Wildorado, amorado, colorado, comorado, dorado, eldorado, enamorado, Prado, prado, Corrado, ferrado, estrado, intrado, reconcentrado

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