Villain

/ˈvɪl.ən/

Synonyms for "villain" (243 found)

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Closest matches (49)

Noun(23 words)

baddie scoundrel adversary antagonist antagonists antimodel archenemy assholebad guybastard bastards beast bellatrix blackguard blackguards bluebeard bounder cad cocksucker coistril

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criminal curs cutthroats

actor actress antagonist antiherobad guybad personbandit barnstormer bastard bitbit partblackguard blighter bounder cad caitiff cast charactercharacter actorcharacter man

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character womanchild actorcriminal crook cue cur

Strong matches (73)

Adjective(3 words)

dangerous creaturedeplorable infamous

Noun(35 words)

dastard deceivers degenerate degenerates devils dirtball dirtballs evildoer evildoers fiend fiends fucker fuckers fuckhead fustilarian gangsters geezer goblin goblins gonif

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guttersnipe guttersnipes haman harlot heavy hyena iago knave knaves lecher lidderon lowlife maggot makeshift malefactors

deceiver delinquent devil diseur diseuse dog dramatizer enervated evildoerfat partfeeder felon foil gangster heavy hero heroine histrio histrion ingenue

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juvenile knave lawbreaker leadlead roleleading ladyleading manleading womanlimb lines lowlife malefactor malevolent malfeasant malfeasor

Related words (121)

matinee idolmime mimer mimic mischief miscreant misfeasor mobster monologist mummer ogre outlaw pantomime pantomimist part person personage piece playactor player

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precious rascalprotagonistprotean actorpublic enemyracketeer rapscallion rascal rat reciter reprobate reptile rogue role roscius rotter scalawag scamp scoundrel shyster side sinner sneak sob soubrette spalpeenstage performerstage playerstinker stoogestraight manstraight partstrollerstrolling playersupporting charactersupporting roleswindler theatrical thespian thieftitle roletransgressor trouperutility manviperwalk onwalk-onwalking partworker of illwretch wrongdoer

Noun(49 words)

miscreant miscreants monster monstersne'er-do-wellniding nithing polecat punks rapscallion rascal rattlesnake reprobate reprobates rogue rogues satanist savage scab scallywags

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Adjective(2 words)

ugly ogrewicked

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries

character criminal evildoer part personapersona non grataroletheatrical roleunwelcome person

More specific

2 entries

archvillain supervillain

Collocations

5 entries

archvillainclassic villaincomic villainnotorious villainvillain of the story

Inflections

1 entries

villains

Derivations

4 entries

villainize villainous villainously villainy

Translations

68 translations across 45 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

skurk noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Arabic

1 entries

شِرِّير noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Armenian

1 entries

չարագործ noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Belarusian

1 entries

ліхадзе́й noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Bulgarian

1 entries

злоде́й noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Catalan

1 entries

vilà noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Chinese

1 entries

хулюҗин noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

反派 noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
奸角 noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
惡棍角色 /恶棍角色 noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Czech

1 entries

záporný hrdina noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Danish

1 entries

skurk noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Dutch

1 entries

slechterik noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Finnish

3 entries

konna noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
pahis noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
roisto noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

French

1 entries

méchant noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Galician

1 entries

vilán noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Georgian

1 entries

ბოროტმოქმედი noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

German

3 entries

(fam) Oberböse noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
Bösewicht noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
Schurke noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Greek

1 entries

κακός noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Hebrew

1 entries

נָבָל noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Hindi

1 entries

खलनायक noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Hungarian

2 entries

gonosz noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
gonosztevő noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Irish

1 entries

bithiúnach noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Italian

1 entries

il cattivo noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Japanese

1 entries

悪役 noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Kannada

3 entries

ಪೋಕ noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
ಪೋಕರಿ noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
ಹೋಕ noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Kazakh

1 entries

жауыз noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Korean

2 entries

악당 noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
악역 noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Latin

3 entries

carnifex noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
persona negativa noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
scelerātus noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Macedonian

3 entries

злобник noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
негати́вец noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
никаквец noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Malay

1 entries

penjahat noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Malayalam

3 entries

കുറുക്കൻ noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
ചതിയൻ noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
വഞ്ചകൻ noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Marathi

1 entries

खलनायक noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Navajo

1 entries

ájígaléidii noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Persian

1 entries

بدذات noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Polish

3 entries

czarny charakter noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
złoczyńca noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
złol noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Portuguese

1 entries

vilão noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Romanian

3 entries

răufăcător noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
spirit rău noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
viclean noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Russian

2 entries

злоде́й noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
отрица́тельный геро́й noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

negatívac noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
негати́вац noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Slovene

1 entries

negativec noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Spanish

1 entries

villano noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Swahili

1 entries

mhalifu noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Swedish

2 entries

bov noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
skurk noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Tamil

1 entries

வில்லன் noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Ukrainian

1 entries

лиході́й noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Vietnamese

1 entries

nhân vật phản diện noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

One murder makes a villain, millions a hero.

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The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful to society, had that society been well organized.

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Who's your favorite movie villain?

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A good man in an evil society seems the greatest villain of all.

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