Entry Word: villain

Function: noun

Meaning: a mean, evil, or unprincipled person <only a heartless villain would kidnap a baby for ransom>

Synonyms beast, brute, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, knave, miscreant, monster, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, savage, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scoundrel, varlet, wretch

Related Words blackguard; criminal, crook, culprit, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, transgressor; perpetrator, sinner, trespasser, wrongdoer; cad, heel; bravo, desperado, outlaw; convict, jailbird; assassin, cutthroat, gangster, gunman, hoodlum, racketeer, ruffian, thug; neʼer-do-well, trash

Near Antonyms angel, saint; hero