meanie

noun

mean·​ie ˈmē-nē 

variants or less commonly meany

plural meanies

: a mean person

Synonyms of meanie

• villain
• brute
• monster
• devil

Examples of meanie in a Sentence

the class thought the substitute teacher was a big meanie when she assigned homework over the holidays

Recent Examples on the Web

I'mPhaedra Trethan, applauding this Missouri TV anchor for mocking the meanies who tried to mock her. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025

This causes Gemma and other fellow patients/victims to verbally grapple quite literally with themselves, their assertive/meanie half pitted against their milder/empathetic side. — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 5 Nov. 2025

The meanie store manager (played, with cartoony hard-ass villainy, by Peter Dinklage) refuses to make a donation, so Manchester gathers a bagful of (stolen) toys and brings them over to the church himself. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2025

The Drymonema larsoni, commonly known as pink meanies, were first observed in the Gulf Coast in 2000. — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for meanie

• acini
• aldine
• amine
• arsine
• carinii
• cosine
• delphine
• domine
• latine
• ovine
• pennine
• porcine