| Main Entry: | villain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evil person |
Synonyms: |
antihero, blackguard, brute, caitiff, creep*, criminal, devil, enfant terrible, evildoer, heel, libertine, lowlife, malefactor, mischief-maker, miscreant, offender, profligate, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, scoundrel, sinner, wretch |
| Notes: | a villain is a bad or evil person; a villein was a feudal serf in medieval Europe |
Antonyms: |
hero, heroine |
| Main Entry: | actor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who performs, entertains by role-playing |
Synonyms: |
amateur, artist, barnstormer, bit player, character, clown, comedian, entertainer, extra, foil, ham, hambone, headliner, idol, impersonator, ingénue, lead, mime, mimic, pantomimist, performer, play-actor, player, soubrette, stand-in, star, stooge, straight person, thesp, thespian, trouper, understudy, ventriloquist, villain, walk-on |
Antonyms: |
audience, fan |
| Main Entry: | bandit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thief |
Synonyms: |
brigand, criminal, crook, desperado, forager, gangster, gunperson, highwayperson, hijacker, holdup person, hooligan, marauder, mobster, outlaw, pillager, pirate, plunderer, racketeer, raider, ravager, robber, villain |
Antonyms: |
law, police |
| Main Entry: | crook |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal, thief |
Synonyms: |
cheat, filcher, knave, pilferer, purloiner, racketeer, robber, rogue, scoundrel, shark, shyster, swindler, villain |
Antonyms: |
law, police |
| Main Entry: | cur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rotten, lowly animate being |
Synonyms: |
black sheep, blackguard, bum, cad, coward, dog*, good-for-nothing, heel, hound, ne'er-do-well, rat, riffraff, scoundrel, scum*, skunk, snake*, stinker, toad, villain, worm, wretch, yellow dog |
| Main Entry: | demon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evil, devilish being or influence |
Synonyms: |
Satan, archfiend, beast, brute, fiend, goblin, hellion, imp, incubus, little devil, malignant spirit, monster, rascal, rogue, succubus, vampire, villain |
Antonyms: |
angel, god |
| Main Entry: | devil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demon |
Synonyms: |
Beelzebub, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Prince of Darkness, Satan, adversary, archfiend, beast, brute, bête noire, common enemy, dastard, diablo, djinn, dybbuk, enfant terrible, evil one, fiend, genie, hellion, imp, knave, monster, ogre, rogue, scamp, scoundrel, the Erinyes, the Furies, the dickens, villain |
Antonyms: |
angel, god |
| Main Entry: | enemy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone hated or competed against |
Synonyms: |
adversary, agent, antagonist, archenemy, asperser, assailant, assassin, attacker, backbiter, bad person, bandit, betrayer, calumniator, competitor, contender, criminal, defamer, defiler, detractor, disputant, emulator, falsifier, fifth column, foe, guerrilla, informer, inquisitor, invader, murderer, opponent, opposition, other side, prosecutor, rebel, revolutionary, rival, saboteur, seditionist, slanderer, spy, terrorist, traducer, traitor, vilifier, villain |
Antonyms: |
aide, ally, assistant, confidante, friend, helper |
| Main Entry: | evildoer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrongdoer |
Synonyms: |
bad person, criminal, devil, evil person, felon, gangster, lawbreaker, murderer, psychopath, sinner, sociopath, troublemaker, villain |
| Main Entry: | imp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischievous child, small person |
Synonyms: |
brat, demon, devil, deviling, devilkin, elf, fiend, gamin, gnome, gremlin, hellion, minx, pixie, puck, rascal, rogue, scamp, sprite, troll, tyke, urchin, villain |