crook - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for crook , a list of similar words for crook from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

a long staff with one end being hook shaped

Synonyms

• crook
• shepherd's crook

More generic

• staff

Noun

someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Synonyms

• criminal
• crook
• felon
• malefactor
• outlaw

More generic

• principal

More specific

• abductor
• accessary
• accessory
• arsonist
• blackmailer
• bootlegger
• briber
• coconspirator
• conspirator
• contrabandist
• desperado
• desperate criminal
• drug dealer
• drug peddler
• drug trafficker
• extortioner
• extortionist
• firebug
• fugitive
• fugitive from justice
• gangster
• gangster's moll
• gaolbird
• goon
• gun moll
• habitual criminal
• highbinder
• highjacker
• hijacker
• hood
• hoodlum
• incendiary
• jail bird
• jailbird
• kidnaper
• kidnapper
• law offender
• lawbreaker
• liquidator
• machinator
• mafioso
• manslayer
• mobster
• moll
• moon curser
• moon-curser
• moonshiner
• murderer
• parolee
• peddler
• plotter
• probationer
• punk
• pusher
• racketeer
• raper
• rapist
• recidivist
• repeater
• runner
• scofflaw
• smuggler
• snatcher
• stealer
• strong-armer
• suborner
• thief
• thug
• tough
• toughie
• traitor
• treasonist
• violator

Noun

a circular segment of a curve

Synonyms

• bend
• crook
• turn
• twist

More generic

• curve
• curved shape

More specific

• bight

Verb

bend or cause to bend

Synonyms

• crook
• curve

More generic

• bend
• flex

More specific

• recurve

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