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Definition of DEVIL

1

cap the supreme personification of evil often represented as the ruler of hell <the Devil is traditionally seen as a being who relentlessly tempts people to commit evil>

Synonyms archfiend, Beelzebub, fiend, Lucifer, Old Nick, Satan, serpent

Related Words deuce, dickens; Mephistopheles

2

an evil spirit <acted as if possessed by some devil>

Synonyms cacodemon, devil, fiend, ghost, ghoul, ghoulie, imp, shaitan

Related Words hag [archaic], lamia, vampire; incubus, nightmare, succubus; afreet (or afrit), genie, jinni (or jinn also djinni or djinn); apparition, banshee, bogey (also bogie or bogy), bugbear, familiar, familiar spirit, genius, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, vision, wraith; brownie, dwarf, elf, faerie (also faery), fairy, fay, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hobgoblin, kobold, leprechaun, pixie (also pixy), puck, sprite, troll; monster, ogre

Near Antonyms angel

3

a member of the human race <that poor devil never did achieve his dream>

Synonyms baby, being, bird, bod [British], body, character, cookie (or cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, face, fish, guy, head, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, scout, slob, sort, soul, specimen, stiff, thing, wight

Related Words hominid, homo, humanoid; brother, fellow, fellowman, neighbor; celebrity, personality, self, somebody

Near Antonyms animal, beast, beastie, brute, critter

4

an appealingly mischievous person <why, you little devil!>

Synonyms devil, hellion, imp, mischief, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, urchin

Related Words cutup, larker, madcap, skylarker; ragamuffin; brat, disrupter, misbehaver, nuisance; juvenile delinquent; gamin, gamine

Near Antonyms beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, joker, louse, lout, skunk, snake, stinkard, stinker; knave, miscreant, reprobate, scalawag (or scallywag), scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, villain

5

a mean, evil, or unprincipled person <he's a devil to everyone he does business with>

Synonyms baddie (or baddy), beast, brute, caitiff, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, hound, knave, meanie (also meany), miscreant, monster, nazi, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, savage, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, wretch

Related Words villainess; blackguard; criminal, crook, culprit, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, perp, perpetrator, transgressor; sinner, trespasser, wrongdoer; cad, heel, serpent, snake, viper; bandit, bravo, desperado, outlaw; con, convict, jailbird; assassin, cutthroat, gangster, goon, gunman, hoodlum, hooligan, racketeer, ruffian, thug; rough, rowdy, tough; loser, lowlife, ne'er-do-well, stinker, trash

Near Antonyms angel, innocent, saint; hero

6

a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear <originally snowboarders were regarded as devils on the slopes and a menace to skiers>

Synonyms devil, madcap, madman

Related Words berserk (or berserker), cowboy, hotdog, showboat