Synonyms of scamp

nounA rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.

• swindlerA person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.
• rogueA scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
• agitatorOne who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers.
• bad boy
• bad news
• bear
• beggarA mean or wretched person; a scoundrel.
• bhoy
• blackguardAn unprincipled, contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
• booger
• boot boy
• bovver boyA hooligan who creates bother (trouble), specifically a member of a skinhead gang.
• brat
• brawler
• buffoon
• bugger
• bully
• charva dialectal
• cutup
• devilA wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said...
• elf
• enfant terrible
• firebrand
• gadfly
• hell-raiser
• hood
• hoodlumA rough or violent youth.
• hool slang
• hoolie slang
• hooliganA young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group.
• hothead
• impA mischievous child.
• inciterOne who incites.
• initiator
• instigatorA person who intentionally instigates, incites, or starts something, especially one that creates trouble.
• joker
• jokester
• knaveA tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.
• loutA troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
• makebate
• minx
• mischiefA cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief.
• mischief-makerA person who makes mischief.
• miscreant
• ne'er-do-well
• pixie
• pot stirrerOne who causes unrest; one who stirs the pot.
• practical jokerSomeone who instigates practical jokes; a prankster.
• pranksterOne who performs pranks.
• puck
• punkA petty criminal, especially a juvenile delinquent.
• rabble rouserSomeone or something that tends to inspire mobs; something controversial or provocative.
• rapscallionA rascal, scamp, rogue, or scoundrel.
• rascal
• rowdy
• ruffianA scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.
• scapegraceA wild and reckless person (especially a boy); a scoundrel.
• scoundrelA mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.
• shit disturber
• shitmongerA person who peddles worthless, overblown, or harmful ideas or gossip.
• shit-stirrerOne who enjoys creating trouble for others by provoking controversy, for example by revealing facts that others would...
• tearawayAn impetuous and reckless person who is difficult to control; a hothead.
• thug
• toughA person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
• troublemaker
• undesirableAn undesirable person.
• vandal
• wag
• wrangler
• yob UK
• yobbo UKA yob.
• breedbate obsoleteSomeone who causes quarrels; a quarreler.
• jackanapes dated(A proper name for) a person thought to behave like an ape or monkey, for example, in being impudent, mischievous...
• kindle-coal obsoleteA troublemaker.
• kindle-fire obsoleteSomething, such as a person or event, that initiates events or incites a response.
• rakeshame obsoleteAn objectionable person.
• rantipole obsoleteA rude, unruly young person.
• roly-poly obsoleteA mischievous or worthless person; a scoundrel, a rascal.
• titivil obsoleteA mischievous gossip or a troublemaker.
• wagpastie obsoleteA rogue; a rascal; a scoundrel.