Knavish

//ˈneɪvɪʃ//

Synonyms for "knavish" (99 found)

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Closest matches (20)

Adjective(1 words)

abominable arch arrant atrocious bad base black blackguardly blamable blameworthy criminal damnable dark deceitful degraded devilish disgraceful

Adjective(2 words)

crafty cunning

Strong matches (30)

dishonest elfish elvish evil execrable flagitious flagrant foolish foul full of mischief guileful heinous high spirited high-spirited impish improper infamous iniquitous low lying

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mendacious mischief-loving mischievous

Adjective(3 words)

dodgy foxy guileful

Adjective(4 words)

grim malefic maleficent malicious

Related words (49)

monstrous naughty nefarious notorious peccant playful prankish pranksome pranky puckish rank rascally recreant reprehensible reprobate roguish scampish scandalous scapegrace scoundrelly

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shameful shifty sinful sportive trickish tricksy unforgivable unpardonable unscrupulous unspeakable untruthful unworthy vicious vile villainous waggish wicked wrong

Adjective(6 words)

nithing sinister sullen ungodly viperish viperous

Adjective(5 words)

slick sly tricksy tricky wily

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5 relation types

Synonyms

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guileful

derived

2 entries

knavishly knavishness

derived from

1 entries

knave

related to

6 entries

impertinent knave mischievous rascally roguish waggish

similar

1 entries

artful

Translations

2 translations across 1 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

γλοιός adj (having the characteristics of a knave)
πανοῦργος adj (having the characteristics of a knave)

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