Devil

//ˈdɛvəl//

Synonyms for "devil" (526 found)

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564 translations across 162 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • duiwel noun (evil creature)

Albanian

4 entries
  • djall name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • dreq name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • djall noun (evil creature)
  • dreq noun (evil creature)

Amharic

3 entries
  • ሳይጣን noun (evil creature)
  • ኢብሊስ noun (evil creature)
  • ዲያቦሎስ noun (evil creature)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • Σατάν name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Σατανᾶς name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Σατᾶν name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • διάβολος noun (evil creature)

Arabic

4 entries
  • إِبْلِيس name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • اَلشَّيْطَان name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • إِبْلِيس noun (evil creature)
  • شَيْطَان noun (evil creature)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • סָטָנָא name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • ܣܛܢܐ name (the devil: the chief devil)

Armenian

3 entries
  • սատանա name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • դև noun (evil creature)
  • սատանա noun (evil creature)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • dracu noun (evil creature)

Assamese

1 entries
  • চৈতান noun (evil creature)

Asturian

1 entries
  • diablu noun (evil creature)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • iblis noun (evil creature)
  • şeytan noun (evil creature)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • иблис noun (evil creature)
  • шайтан noun (evil creature)

Basque

1 entries
  • deabru noun (evil creature)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • бес noun (evil creature)
  • д'я́бал noun (evil creature)
  • сатана́ noun (evil creature)
  • чорт noun (evil creature)

Bengali

3 entries
  • ইবলিশ noun (evil creature)
  • রাক্ষস noun (evil creature)
  • শয়তান noun (evil creature)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • сатана́ name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • гя́вол noun (evil creature)
  • дя́вол noun (evil creature)
  • сатана́ noun (evil creature)

Burmese

4 entries
  • ငရဲမင်း noun (evil creature)
  • ငရဲသား noun (evil creature)
  • နတ်ဆိုး noun (evil creature)
  • ယမမင်း noun (evil creature)

Catalan

4 entries
  • Satanàs name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • el diable name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • el dimoni name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • diable noun (evil creature)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • ئیبلیس noun (evil creature)
  • شهیتان noun (evil creature)

Chechen

3 entries
  • йилбаз noun (evil creature)
  • лилбаз noun (evil creature)
  • шайтӏа noun (evil creature)

Chinese

4 entries
  • йиблисы noun (evil creature)
  • шэтани noun (evil creature)
  • 惡魔 /恶魔 noun (evil creature)
  • 魔鬼 noun (evil creature)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 惡魔 /恶魔 name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • 魔王 name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • 惡魔 /恶魔 noun (evil creature)
  • 魔鬼 noun (evil creature)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 惡魔 /恶魔 name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • 魔王 name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • 傢伙 noun (thing that is awkward or difficult to understand)
  • 家伙 noun (thing that is awkward or difficult to understand)

Church Slavic

4 entries
  • диꙗволъ name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • диꙗволь name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • дьѣволъ name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • дїаволъ name (the devil: the chief devil)

Chuvash

2 entries
  • шуйттан noun (evil creature)
  • явӑл noun (evil creature)

Cornish

1 entries
  • dyowl noun (evil creature)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • şaytan noun (evil creature)

Czech

4 entries
  • satan name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • ďábel name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • čert noun (evil creature)
  • ďábel noun (evil creature)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • diaul noun (evil creature)

Danish

4 entries
  • djævlen name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • fanden name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • satan name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • djævel noun (evil creature)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ޝައިޠާނާ noun (evil creature)

Dutch

4 entries
  • de duivel name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • deugniet noun (wicked or naughty person)
  • duivel noun (evil creature)
  • duivel noun (bad part of the conscience)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • Diablo name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Satano name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • diablo noun (evil creature)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kurat noun (evil creature)
  • saatan noun (evil creature)

Faroese

4 entries
  • fani name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • devul noun (evil creature)
  • djevul noun (evil creature)
  • fani noun (evil creature)

Finnish

4 entries
  • Paholainen name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Perkele name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Saatana name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Sielunvihollinen name (the devil: the chief devil)

French

4 entries
  • Diable name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Satan name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • diable noun (evil creature)
  • diable noun (bad part of the conscience)

Friulian

2 entries
  • cudiç noun (evil creature)
  • diaul noun (evil creature)

Galician

2 entries
  • diabo name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • demo noun (evil creature)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ეშმაკი noun (evil creature)
  • ეშმაკობა noun (thing that is awkward or difficult to understand)

German

4 entries
  • Satan name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Teufel name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Teufel noun (evil creature)
  • Teufel noun (bad part of the conscience)

Gothic

4 entries
  • 𐌳𐌹𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌿𐍃 name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • 𐌳𐌹𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌿𐍃 noun (evil creature)
  • 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌰 noun (evil creature)
  • 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍉 noun (evil creature)

Greek

4 entries
  • Διάβολος name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • δαίμονας noun (bad part of the conscience)
  • δαίμονας noun (wicked or naughty person)
  • διάβολος noun (evil creature)

Greenlandic

2 entries
  • diaavulu noun (evil creature)
  • tiaavulu noun (evil creature)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • શયતાન noun (evil creature)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • dyab noun (evil creature)

Hausa

1 entries
  • shaidan noun (evil creature)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • שָׂטָן name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • יצר הרע noun (bad part of the conscience)
  • מַזִּיק noun (wicked or naughty person)
  • עזאזל noun (euphemistically, with an article: Hell (as an intensifier))

Hindi

4 entries
  • शैतान name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • इबलीस noun (evil creature)
  • दानव noun (evil creature)
  • देव noun (evil creature)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • ördög name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • ördög noun (evil creature)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • Deivel noun (evil creature)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • andskoti name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • djöfull name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • fjandinn name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • fjárinn name (the devil: the chief devil)

Ido

1 entries
  • diablo noun (evil creature)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • iblis noun (evil creature)
  • setan noun (evil creature)
  • syaitan noun (evil creature)

Ingrian

3 entries
  • pahalain noun (evil creature)
  • tontti noun (evil creature)
  • vaadulain noun (evil creature)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • diabolo noun (evil creature)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • اَهْریمَن name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • شِیْطان name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • اِبْلیس noun (evil creature)
  • دیو noun (evil creature)

Irish

4 entries
  • diabhal name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • diabhal noun (evil creature)
  • diabhal noun (wicked or naughty person)
  • áibhirseoir noun (wicked or naughty person)

Istriot

2 entries
  • djavo noun (evil creature)
  • giavo noun (evil creature)

Italian

2 entries
  • diavolo name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • diavolo noun (evil creature)

Japanese

4 entries
  • サタン name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • 悪魔 name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • 悪鬼 noun (evil creature)
  • 悪魔 noun (evil creature)

Jeju

1 entries
  • 악매 name (the devil: the chief devil)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ದೆವ್ವದ noun (evil creature)

Kapampangan

4 entries
  • mamayuyut name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • mikimarok name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • diablu noun (evil creature)
  • dimoniu noun (evil creature)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • жын noun (evil creature)
  • сайтан noun (evil creature)
  • шайтан noun (evil creature)
  • ібіліс noun (evil creature)

Khakas

1 entries
  • айна noun (evil creature)

Khmer

4 entries
  • សាតាំង name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • បិសាច noun (evil creature)
  • យម noun (evil creature)
  • សាតាំង noun (evil creature)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • caitaani noun (evil creature)

Korean

3 entries
  • 악마 name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • 악귀 noun (evil creature)
  • 악마 noun (evil creature)

Kven

2 entries
  • perkelet name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • perkelet noun (evil creature)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • азезил noun (evil creature)
  • жин noun (evil creature)
  • шайтан noun (evil creature)

Laboya

1 entries
  • moritana noun (evil creature)

Lao

1 entries
  • ປີສາດ noun (evil creature)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • lyga noun (evil creature)
  • valns noun (evil creature)

Latin

4 entries
  • Diabolus name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Satanās name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • diabolus noun (evil creature)
  • larva noun (evil creature)

Latvian

2 entries
  • velns name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • velns noun (evil creature)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • diao name (the devil: the chief devil)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • šėtõnas name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • velnias noun (evil creature)

Low German

4 entries
  • Düvel name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Düwel name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Düvel noun (evil creature)
  • Düvel noun (bad part of the conscience)

Luxembourgish

4 entries
  • Däiwel name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Satan name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Däiwel noun (evil creature)
  • Däiwel noun (bad part of the conscience)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • сатана name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • ѓавол name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • враг noun (evil creature)
  • враг noun (wicked or naughty person)

Malagasy

2 entries
  • devoly name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • devoly noun (evil creature)

Malay

2 entries
  • iblis noun (evil creature)
  • syaitan noun (evil creature)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ചെകുത്താൻ noun (evil creature)

Maltese

3 entries
  • xitan name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • xitan noun (evil creature)
  • xitana noun (evil creature)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • shetwani noun (evil creature)

Marathi

4 entries
  • शैतान name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • शैतान noun (wicked or naughty person)
  • शैतान noun (person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him)
  • शैतानी noun (euphemistically, with an article: Hell (as an intensifier))

Megleno-Romanian

1 entries
  • drac noun (evil creature)

Middle English

3 entries
  • devel name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • devel noun (evil creature)
  • devel noun (wicked or naughty person)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • чөтгөр name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • буг noun (evil creature)
  • чөтгөр noun (evil creature)

Māori

1 entries
  • rēwera noun (evil creature)

Nepali

1 entries
  • शैतान noun (evil creature)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • düüwel noun (evil creature)

Northern Altai

2 entries
  • буг noun (evil creature)
  • шедгер noun (evil creature)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • îblîs noun (evil creature)
  • şeytan noun (evil creature)

Northern Ohlone

1 entries
  • 'uténmak noun (evil creature)

Northern Sami

3 entries
  • biro noun (evil creature)
  • oinnolaš noun (evil creature)
  • vuoras noun (evil creature)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • djevel noun (evil creature)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • djevel noun (evil creature)

Occitan

1 entries
  • diable noun (evil creature)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଶୟତାନ noun (evil creature)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • maji-manidoo noun (evil creature)

Old Czech

1 entries
  • diábel noun (evil creature)

Old East Slavic

3 entries
  • бѣсъ noun (evil creature)
  • диꙗволъ noun (evil creature)
  • чортъ noun (evil creature)

Old English

1 entries
  • deofol noun (evil creature)

Old Norse

2 entries
  • djǫfull name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • djǫfull noun (evil creature)

Old Persian

1 entries
  • 𐎭𐎡𐎺 noun (evil creature)

Osage

1 entries
  • cˀá htą́ą name (the devil: the chief devil)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • хӕйрӕг noun (evil creature)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • شیطان noun (evil creature)

Pannonian Rusyn

4 entries
  • диявол noun (evil creature)
  • дябол noun (evil creature)
  • дявол noun (evil creature)
  • чорт noun (evil creature)

Pashto

2 entries
  • ابليس noun (evil creature)
  • شيطان noun (evil creature)

Persian

4 entries
  • اَهْریمَن name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • شَیْطَان name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • اِبْلِیس noun (evil creature)
  • دیو noun (evil creature)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Soton name (the devil: the chief devil)

Polish

4 entries
  • diabeł name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • szatan name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • bies noun (evil creature)
  • ciort noun (evil creature)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • Diabo name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Satanás name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Satã name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • diabo noun (evil creature)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ noun (evil creature)

Quechua

1 entries
  • supay noun (evil creature)

Romani

1 entries
  • beng noun (evil creature)

Romanian

4 entries
  • Aghiuță name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Diavolul name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Necuratul name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Satana name (the devil: the chief devil)

Romansch

1 entries
  • diavel noun (evil creature)

Russian

4 entries
  • дья́вол name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • бес noun (evil creature)
  • дья́вол noun (evil creature)
  • дья́вол noun (wicked or naughty person)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • दानव noun (evil creature)
  • पापीयस् noun (evil creature)
  • पाप्मन् noun (evil creature)
  • राक्षस noun (evil creature)

Sardinian

3 entries
  • diàbulu noun (evil creature)
  • diàulu noun (evil creature)
  • diàvulu noun (evil creature)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • vrȃg name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • вра̑г name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • vrȃg noun (evil creature)
  • vrȃg noun (bad part of the conscience)

Shor

1 entries
  • айна noun (evil creature)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • diàvulu noun (evil creature)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • යක්ෂයා noun (evil creature)

Slovak

2 entries
  • diabol noun (evil creature)
  • čert noun (evil creature)

Slovene

2 entries
  • hudič noun (evil creature)
  • vrag noun (evil creature)

Slovincian

3 entries
  • Czorny Bóg noun (evil creature)
  • djɵ̏·u̯bĕl noun (wicked or naughty person)
  • dôùbel noun (evil creature)

Somali

1 entries
  • sheydaan noun (evil creature)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • эрлик name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • шайтан noun (evil creature)

Spanish

4 entries
  • diablo name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • diablo noun (evil creature)
  • diablo noun (wicked or naughty person)
  • diablo (s) noun (euphemistically, with an article: Hell (as an intensifier))

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • didibri name (the devil: the chief devil)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • sétan noun (evil creature)

Swahili

4 entries
  • Ibilisi name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Shetani name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • ibilisi noun (evil creature)
  • shetani noun (evil creature)

Swedish

4 entries
  • Djävulen name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Gamle Erik name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Hin håle name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Satan name (the devil: the chief devil)

Tajik

2 entries
  • иблис noun (evil creature)
  • шайтон noun (evil creature)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பேய் noun (evil creature)

Tatar

2 entries
  • иблис noun (evil creature)
  • шайтан noun (evil creature)

Telugu

2 entries
  • సైతాను name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • సైతాను noun (evil creature)

Thai

3 entries
  • ซาตาน noun (evil creature)
  • ปีศาจ noun (evil creature)
  • มาร noun (evil creature)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • བདུད noun (evil creature)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ሰይጣን noun (evil creature)

Turkish

2 entries
  • İblis noun (evil creature)
  • şeytan noun (evil creature)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • iblis noun (evil creature)
  • şeýtan noun (evil creature)

Tzotzil

1 entries
  • pukuj name (the devil: the chief devil)

Udmurt

2 entries
  • пери noun (evil creature)
  • шайтан noun (evil creature)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • диявол name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • біс noun (evil creature)
  • дия́вол noun (evil creature)
  • ді́дько noun (evil creature)

Urdu

3 entries
  • شَیطان name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • اِبْلِیس noun (evil creature)
  • شَیطان noun (evil creature)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئىبلىس noun (evil creature)
  • شەيتان noun (evil creature)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • iblis noun (evil creature)
  • shayton noun (evil creature)

Venetan

4 entries
  • dial noun (evil creature)
  • diaol noun (evil creature)
  • diaolo noun (evil creature)
  • diaoło noun (evil creature)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • ma noun (evil creature)
  • quỷ noun (evil creature)
  • ác ma noun (evil creature)
  • ác thần noun (evil creature)

Volapük

4 entries
  • devel name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • diab name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • el Satanas name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • devel noun (evil creature)

Walloon

4 entries
  • Diåle name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Grand Noer name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • Malén name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • diåle noun (evil creature)

Welsh

2 entries
  • Diafol name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • diafol noun (evil creature)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • duvel noun (evil creature)

Yakut

1 entries
  • адьарай noun (evil creature)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • טײַוול name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • שׂטן name (the devil: the chief devil)
  • באַנדיט noun (wicked or naughty person)
  • טײַוול noun (evil creature)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • Bìlísì name (the devil: the chief devil)

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The director cast me as the devil.

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If we pay the rent to the landlady, we won't have any money for food; we are between the devil and the deep blue sea.

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Speak of the devil, here comes Kathy.

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What the devil are you doing?

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