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/ˈskælɪwæɡ/ · noun
(derogatory, dated, chiefly UK) A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard.
But Maore, a cheerful scallywag with a taste for the limelight, was made of more daring stuff.
Use scallywag when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Scallywag means (derogatory, dated, chiefly UK) A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard.
Common synonyms include rogue, varlet, rascal, knave.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But Maore, a cheerful scallywag with a taste for the limelight, was made of more daring stuff.
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