SCALAWAG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scalawag mean? 

• SCALAWAG (noun)
  The noun SCALAWAG has 3 senses:

1. a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)

2. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

3. one who is playfully mischievous

  Familiarity information: SCALAWAG used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCALAWAG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

scalawag; scallywag

Hypernyms ("scalawag" is a kind of...):

bad person (a person who does harm to others)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

knave; rapscallion; rascal; rogue; scalawag; scallywag; varlet

Hypernyms ("scalawag" is a kind of...):

scoundrel; villain (a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately)

Sense 3

Meaning:

One who is playfully mischievous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

imp; monkey; rapscallion; rascal; scalawag; scallywag; scamp

Hypernyms ("scalawag" is a kind of...):

child; fry; kid; minor; nestling; nipper; shaver; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; youngster (a young person of either sex)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scalawag"):

brat; holy terror; little terror; terror (a very troublesome child)