Thesaurus:villain

Thesaurus

villain

English

Noun

Sense: a vile, wicked person

Synonyms

• antimodel
• bad guy
• baddie
• bastard    [⇒ thesaurus]
• blackguard
• bounder
• cad
• coistril (obsolete)
• evildoer
• fustilarian (obsolete)
• harlot (obsolete)
• heavy
• knave
• lidderon (rare, archaic, dialectal)
• makeshift (obsolete)
• miscreant
• ne'er-do-well
• niding (archaic)
• nithing (archaic)
• rapscallion
• rascal
• rogue
• scab
• scamp
• scapegrace
• scoundrel
• scum
• scumbag
• thug
• undesirable
• varlet
• villain

Antonyms

• hero    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• anti-villain
• brigand
• chav    [⇒ thesaurus]
• criminal    [⇒ thesaurus]
• deceiver    [⇒ thesaurus]
• troublemaker    [⇒ thesaurus]
• supervillain
• villainess

Hypernyms

• git    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• agent
• agonist
• antagonist
• protagonist

See also

• Thesaurus:bad
• Thesaurus:badness
• Thesaurus:jerk
• Thesaurus:evil
• Thesaurus:villainy

Further reading

• “949. bad man” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “941. knave” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “villain” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.