1832, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Eugene Aram Lester's good heart will be to hear that little Peter is so improved;--no longer a dissolute, harum-scarum fellow, throwing away his money, and always in debt.
Source: wiktionary
Harum-scarum
//ˌhɛəɹəmˈskɛəɹəm//
Synonyms for "harum-scarum" (50 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (10)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
8 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- безотговорен adj (wild, careless, irresponsible)
- лекомислен adj (wild, careless, irresponsible)
Hungarian
2 entries- hűbelebalázs adj (wild, careless, irresponsible)
- szeleburdi adj (wild, careless, irresponsible)
Polish
3 entries- bezmyślny adj (wild, careless, irresponsible)
- lekkomyślny adj (wild, careless, irresponsible)
- roztrzepany adj (wild, careless, irresponsible)
Russian
1 entries- безрассудный adj (wild, careless, irresponsible)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
1800, Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent […] for he never looked after anything at all, but harum-scarum called for everything as if we were conjurors, or he in a public-house.
Source: wiktionary
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.