Villain

//ˈvɪl.ən//

Synonyms for "villain" (175 found)

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Closest matches (35)

Strong matches (53)

Related words (87)

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11 relation types

More general

8 entries

More specific

9 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

12 entries

Related terms

10 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

11 entries

distinct from

4 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

5 entries

related to

11 entries

Translations

222 translations across 69 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • skurk noun (scoundrel)
  • skurk noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Akan

1 entries
  • bɔnefoɔ noun (scoundrel)

Albanian

1 entries
  • horr noun (scoundrel)

Arabic

2 entries
  • شِرِّير noun (scoundrel)
  • شِرِّير noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Armenian

2 entries
  • չարագործ noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • սրիկա noun (scoundrel)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • cani noun (scoundrel)
  • rəzil noun (scoundrel)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • злачы́нец noun (scoundrel)
  • ліхадзе́й noun (scoundrel)
  • ліхадзе́й noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • злоде́й noun (scoundrel)
  • злоде́й noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • него́дник noun (scoundrel)
  • подле́ц noun (scoundrel)

Catalan

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

Chinese

2 entries
  • хулюҗин noun (scoundrel)
  • хулюҗин noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 反派 noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • 坏家伙 noun (scoundrel)
  • 壞人 /坏人 noun (scoundrel)
  • 壞蛋 /坏蛋 noun (scoundrel)

Czech

4 entries
  • darebák noun (scoundrel)
  • lotr noun (scoundrel)
  • lump noun (scoundrel)
  • ničema noun (scoundrel)

Danish

3 entries
  • skurk noun (scoundrel)
  • skurk noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • slyngel noun (scoundrel)

Dutch

3 entries
  • schurk noun (scoundrel)
  • slechterik noun (scoundrel)
  • slechterik noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • abomenulo noun (scoundrel)
  • kanajlo noun (scoundrel)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kaabakas noun (scoundrel)
  • lurjus noun (scoundrel)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ilkimys noun (scoundrel)
  • kelmi noun (scoundrel)
  • konna noun (scoundrel)
  • konna noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

French

4 entries
  • méchant noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • paysan noun (a peasant free of serfdom)
  • scélérat noun (scoundrel)
  • vilain noun (a peasant free of serfdom)

Galician

3 entries
  • vilán noun (scoundrel)
  • vilán noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • vilán noun (a peasant free of serfdom)

Georgian

4 entries
  • არამზადა noun (scoundrel)
  • ბოროტმოქმედი noun (scoundrel)
  • ბოროტმოქმედი noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • ვასალი noun (a peasant free of serfdom)

German

4 entries
  • (fam) Oberböse noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • Bösewicht noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • Gauner noun (scoundrel)
  • Halunke noun (scoundrel)

Greek

3 entries
  • κάθαρμα noun (scoundrel)
  • κακός noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • παλιάνθρωπος noun (scoundrel)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • נָבָל noun (scoundrel)
  • נָבָל noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Hindi

2 entries
  • खलनायक noun (scoundrel)
  • खलनायक noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • gazember noun (scoundrel)
  • gonosz noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • gonosztevő noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Ido

3 entries
  • kanalio noun (scoundrel)
  • kriminanto noun (scoundrel)
  • kriminero noun (scoundrel)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • penjahat noun (scoundrel)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • scelerato noun (scoundrel)

Irish

2 entries
  • bithiúnach noun (scoundrel)
  • bithiúnach noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Italian

4 entries
  • canaglia noun (scoundrel)
  • criminale noun (scoundrel)
  • farabutto noun (scoundrel)
  • furfante noun (scoundrel)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 悪人 noun (scoundrel)
  • 悪党 noun (scoundrel)
  • 悪役 noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • 悪漢 noun (scoundrel)

Kannada

4 entries
  • ಪೋಕ noun (scoundrel)
  • ಪೋಕ noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • ಪೋಕರಿ noun (scoundrel)
  • ಪೋಕರಿ noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • дұшпан noun (scoundrel)
  • жауыз noun (scoundrel)
  • жауыз noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • залым noun (scoundrel)

Korean

4 entries
  • 악당 noun (scoundrel)
  • 악당 noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • 악역 noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • 악인 noun (scoundrel)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • шум noun (scoundrel)
  • шумпай noun (scoundrel)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄົນຮ້າຍ noun (scoundrel)

Latin

4 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)
  • scelesta noun (scoundrel)

Latvian

1 entries
  • nelietis noun (scoundrel)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • piktadarys noun (scoundrel)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • злобник noun (scoundrel)
  • злобник noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • негати́вец noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • никаквец noun (scoundrel)

Malay

2 entries
  • penjahat noun (scoundrel)
  • penjahat noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • കുറുക്കൻ noun (scoundrel)
  • കുറുക്കൻ noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • ചതിയൻ noun (scoundrel)
  • ചതിയൻ noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Marathi

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

Middle English

1 entries
  • sot noun (scoundrel)

Māori

1 entries
  • whiro noun (scoundrel)

Navajo

2 entries
  • ájígaléidii noun (scoundrel)
  • ájígaléidii noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • skurk noun (scoundrel)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଭିଲେନ୍ noun (scoundrel)

Persian

4 entries
  • بدذات noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • جنایتکار noun (scoundrel)
  • رذل noun (scoundrel)
  • رعیت noun (a peasant free of serfdom)

Polish

4 entries
  • czarny charakter noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • złoczyńca noun (scoundrel)
  • złoczyńca noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • złol noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • patife noun (scoundrel)
  • salafrário noun (scoundrel)
  • vilão noun (scoundrel)
  • vilão noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Romanian

4 entries
  • iobag noun (a peasant free of serfdom)
  • mișel noun (scoundrel)
  • răufăcător noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • spirit rău noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Russian

4 entries
  • васса́л noun (a peasant free of serfdom)
  • злоде́й noun (scoundrel)
  • злоде́й noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • лиходе́й noun (scoundrel)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • negatívac noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • zlȍbnīk noun (scoundrel)
  • зло̏бнӣк noun (scoundrel)
  • негати́вац noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Slovak

4 entries
  • lotor noun (scoundrel)
  • lump noun (scoundrel)
  • zloduch noun (scoundrel)
  • zlosyn noun (scoundrel)

Slovene

3 entries
  • hudobnež noun (scoundrel)
  • negativec noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • zlobnež noun (scoundrel)

Spanish

2 entries
  • villano noun (scoundrel)
  • villano noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Swahili

2 entries
  • mhalifu noun (scoundrel)
  • mhalifu noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Swedish

4 entries
  • bov noun (scoundrel)
  • bov noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)
  • skurk noun (scoundrel)
  • skurk noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Tajik

2 entries
  • шарир noun (scoundrel)
  • ҷинояткор noun (scoundrel)

Tamil

2 entries
  • வில்லன் noun (scoundrel)
  • வில்லன் noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Telugu

1 entries
  • విలన్ noun (scoundrel)

Thai

2 entries
  • ผู้ร้าย noun (scoundrel)
  • วายร้าย noun (scoundrel)

Tsonga

1 entries
  • muxanisi noun (scoundrel)

Turkish

4 entries
  • cani noun (scoundrel)
  • hain noun (scoundrel)
  • kötü adam noun (scoundrel)
  • zalim noun (scoundrel)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • злочи́нець noun (scoundrel)
  • лиході́й noun (scoundrel)
  • лиході́й noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • jinoyatchi noun (scoundrel)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • kẻ tàn ác noun (scoundrel)
  • nhân vật phản diện noun (bad person in a stage or screen play)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ragat noun (scoundrel)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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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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