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Definitions for Rogue

[1] a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.
[2] a playfully mischievous person; scamp: The youngest boys are little rogues.
[3] a tramp or vagabond.
[4] a rogue elephant or other animal of similar disposition.
[5] Biology . a usually inferior organism, especially a plant, varying markedly from the normal.
[6] to live or act as a rogue.
[7] to cheat.
[8] to uproot or destroy (plants, etc., that do not conform to a desired standard).
[9] to perform this operation upon: to rogue a field.
[10] (of an animal) having an abnormally savage or unpredictable disposition, as a rogue elephant.
[11] no longer obedient, belonging, or accepted and hence not controllable or answerable; renegade: a rogue cop; a rogue union local.
[12] a dishonest or unprincipled person, esp a man; rascal; scoundrel
[13] often jocular a mischievous or wayward person, often a child; scamp
[14] a crop plant which is inferior, diseased, or of a different, unwanted variety
[15] any inferior or defective specimen (as modifier ) rogue heroin
[16] archaic a vagrant
[17] an animal of vicious character that has separated from the main herd and leads a solitary life (as modifier ) a rogue elephant
[18] (tr) to rid (a field or crop) of plants that are inferior, diseased, or of an unwanted variety to identify and remove such plants

Words related to Rogue

crook, swindler, rascal, villain, miscreant, cheat, monstrosity, devil, criminal, scoundrel, reprobate, mischief, hooligan, scalawag, blackguard, fraud, trickster, outlaw, cheater, scamp

Words nearby Rogue

rogers, rogers, ginger, rogers, will, roget, rognon, rogue, rogue dialler, rogue elephant, rogue state, rogue trader, rogue wave

Origin of Rogue

First recorded in 1555–65; apparently short for obsolete roger begging vagabond, orig. cant word

Words that may be confused with Rogue

rogue, rouge

Other words from Rogue

out·rogue , verb (used with object), out·rogued, out·ro·guing.
un·der·rogue , noun

Word origin for Rogue

C16: of unknown origin; perhaps related to Latin rogāre to beg

Synonyms for Rogue

con artist, crook, rascal, swindler, villain, blackguard, charlatan, cheat, cheater, criminal, defrauder, devil, fraud, heel, hooligan, lowlife, mischief, miscreant, monstrosity, ne'er-do-well, outlaw, problem, rapscallion, reprobate, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, trickster, bad egg, bad news, black sheep