'Rakish' definitions:
Definition of 'rakish'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce]
adjective
Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore [syn: devil-may-care, raffish, rakish]
Definition of 'Rakish'
From: GCIDE
- Rakish \Rak"ish\ (r[=a]k"[i^]sh), a. Dissolute; lewd; debauched. [1913 Webster]
- The arduous task of converting a rakish lover. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rakish'
From: GCIDE
- Rakish \Rak"ish\ (r[=a]k"[i^]sh), a. (Naut.) Having a saucy appearance indicative of speed and dash. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rakish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- brave,
- bravura,
- braw,
- breezy,
- chic,
- chichi,
- dandy,
- dapper,
- daring,
- dashing,
- debauched,
- debonair,
- devil-may-care,
- dissipated,
- dissolute,
- dressy,
- elegant,
- exhibitionistic,
- fashionable,
- fast,
- flashing,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- foppish,
- free,
- frilly,
- frothy,
- gallant,
- gay,
- glittering,
- jaunty,
- jazzy,
- licentious,
- profligate,
- raffish,
- rakehell,
- rakehellish,
- rakehelly,
- showy,
- smart,
- snazzy,
- splashy,
- splurgy,
- sporty,
- spruce,
- unbridled,
- wild