ROGUE Synonyms: 164 Similar and Opposite Words

rogue 1 of 2

adjective

ˈrōg

Definition of rogue

as in fraudulent

given to or marked by cheating and deception a rogue administrator who took bribes to falsify paperwork

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rogue

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noun

as in villain

a mean, evil, or unprincipled person a rogue who had nothing but contempt for people who made their living honestly

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as in monkey

an appealingly mischievous person the little rogue always seems to end up being forgiven for his pranks

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Recent Examples of rogue

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My interview with Altman had been arranged weeks earlier, just as the first revelations emerged about swarms of rogue AI agents conspiring to hack websites. — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 With near-daily developments and revelations of more hacks and rogue AI agents, this no longer is the stuff of science fiction. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 The protocol calls for a rogue flight approaching Israel to be shot out of the sky, but only the prime minister could have made that decision. — Matt Gutman, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026 For Marlow and the ACLU, the concern goes well beyond rogue officers. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rogue

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rogue

Adjective

Prosecutors allege the crew printed fraudulent UPS labels to reroute boxes nationwide.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
Rush’s fraudulent conduct cost the federal government approximately $194 million in total losses, according to the Justice Department.

— Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of fraudulent

Noun

The station is soon invaded by out-of-time baseball stars, fairytale villains, and unseasonal snow, all created by aliens eager to understand the concept of imagination.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Carrie’s focus is also shifted, with the 2013 version finding Chloe Grace Moretz’s Carrie more akin to an X-Men villain than the traumatized, feverish teen Sissy Spacek played in 1976.

— Alex Zalben, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of villain

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The first episode introduces Pavi (Saheli Khan), a young bender who’s secretly the Avatar and has a pet cat-monkey named Geet.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
To make things even more complicated, the Black Best Actor candidate with the best chance of making it in is probably Jaafar Jackson of Michael — how’s that for a monkey’s paw?

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of monkey

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In past elections, deceptive political robocalls have resulted in significant fines associated with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the federal law at the center of the petition.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
The film chronicled Gortner’s youth as a Pentecostal preacher in the American South and exposed the deceptive practices used to bilk believers out of their money.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of deceptive

Noun

Most sportsmen wonder how any whitetail bucks, let alone a brute such as Kontras’, could have been so easily patterned.

— Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026
The show’s depiction of Hugh as a family man has been much more sympathetic than the book’s description of him as a power-hungry brute.

— James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of brute

Adjective

Others convicted in relation to the robbery included Brian Reader, a career criminal who was involved in other high-profile robberies before and after Brink’s-Mat, crooked solicitor Michael Relton, and McAvoy’s wife, Kathleen.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
For now, the crooked finger stays, and so does the jumper that comes with it.

— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of crooked

Noun

The story begins in 1990, when John Eng, an endocrinologist at the Veterans Administration, isolated a peptide from the venom of Gila monsters, the nearly two-foot-long lizards native to the Southwest.

— Dr. Bowman Heiden, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
Here the goal is to traverse a sprawling castle, defeating all kinds of monsters and gathering gear and experience points to get stronger.

— Andrew Webster, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026

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