Criminal : synonyms and lexical field

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Looking for words with meaning close to 'criminal': discover synonyms for the word criminal, such as felon or felonious.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as criminal. It is common for a word to have several meanings. In this case, the context of the word helps to determine its correct meaning.
Example of words in the same lexical field as "": felonious and illegal.

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Synonyms for criminal sorted by degree of synonymy

List of synonyms for criminal Degree of synonymy of criminal Frequency in the language

felon
12112 2.51

felonious
11799 0.27

illegal
11331 23.51

malefactor
11323 0.02

guilty
11109 62.29

outlaw
11079 2.92

reprehensible
10872 0.57

condemnable
10254 0

deplorable
10237 0.92

wrong
9239 523.10

crook
8922 5.67

criminality
6658 0.12

prosecution
6439 7.86

crimes
6423 11.57

crime
6259 71.24

justice
5945 37.45

gangster
5885 5.33

judicial
5605 1.35

terrorist
5476 12.10

felony
5435 5.59

Lexical field of "criminal"

felonious
illegal
guilty
felon
reprehensible
crook
malefactor
deplorable
condemnable
outlaw
wrong
prosecution
crimes
criminality
felony
crime
civil
legal
terrorist
indictable
homicide
penal
judicial
unlawful
arson
offender
perpetrator
police
wrongful
heinous
court
offenders
law
prison
criminological
punitive
malicious
gangster
murderous
justice
illicit
punishment
violence
delinquent
forensic
thug
delinquency
murderer
hoodlum
penalties