'Desperado' definitions:
Definition of 'desperado'
(from WordNet)
noun
A bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) [syn: desperado, desperate criminal]
Definition of 'Desperado'
From: GCIDE
- Desperado \Des`per*a"do\, n.; pl. Desperadoes. [OSp. desperado, p. p. of desperar, fr. L. desperare. See Desperate.] A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions, and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'desperado'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apache,
- assassin,
- assassinator,
- badman,
- bandit,
- betrayer,
- bloodletter,
- bloodshedder,
- bravo,
- bucko,
- bully,
- bullyboy,
- burker,
- butcher,
- button man,
- Cain,
- cannibal,
- convict,
- criminal,
- crook,
- cutthroat,
- deceiver,
- desperate criminal,
- devil,
- double-dealer,
- eradicator,
- executioner,
- exterminator,
- felon,
- fugitive,
- gallows bird,
- gangster,
- gaolbird,
- garroter,
- gorilla,
- gun,
- gunman,
- gunsel,
- hatchet man,
- head-hunter,
- hell-raiser,
- hellcat,
- hit man,
- homicidal maniac,
- homicide,
- jailbird,
- Judas,
- killer,
- lawbreaker,
- mad dog,
- man-eater,
- man-killer,
- manslayer,
- massacrer,
- matador,
- mobster,
- murderer,
- outlaw,
- pesticide,
- poison,
- poisoner,
- public enemy,
- quisling,
- racketeer,
- rough,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- scofflaw,
- slaughterer,
- slayer,
- strangler,
- swindler,
- thief,
- thug,
- torpedo,
- traitor,
- trigger man,
- two-timer