All lifer synonyms
lif·er
L l noun lifer
- criminal — A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
- convict — If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a law court.
- delinquent — Someone, usually a young person, who is delinquent repeatedly commits minor crimes.
- lawbreaker — a person who breaks or violates the law.
- offender — to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
- hostage — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- captive — A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
- detainee — A detainee is someone who is held prisoner by a government because of his or her political views or activities.
- malefactor — a person who violates the law; criminal.
- outlaw — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
- loser — a person, team, nation, etc., that loses: The visiting team was the loser in the series.
- con — Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- jailbird — a person who is or has been confined in jail; convict or ex-convict.
- yardbird — a convict or prisoner.
- tough — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
- culprit — When you are talking about a crime or something wrong that has been done, you can refer to the person who did it as the culprit.
- lag — netlag
- internee — a person who is or has been interned, as a prisoner of war.
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
adj lifer
- organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- living — having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.