RECIDIVIST as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
   Synonym(s)
   • backslider (what does backslider mean?)
   • reversionist (what does reversionist mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) recidivist is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • wrongdoer (what does wrongdoer mean?)
   • offender (what does offender mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • lapse (what does lapse mean?)
   • backslide (what does backslide mean?)
2. Meaning
   • someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
   Synonym(s)
   • habitual criminal (what does habitual criminal mean?)
   • repeater (what does repeater mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) recidivist is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • criminal (what does criminal mean?)
   • felon (what does felon mean?)
   • crook (what does crook mean?)
   • outlaw (what does outlaw mean?)
   • malefactor (what does malefactor mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • duplicate (what does duplicate mean?)
   • reduplicate (what does reduplicate mean?)
   • double (what does double mean?)
   • repeat (what does repeat mean?)
   • replicate (what does replicate mean?)