Synonyms and Antonyms of beast
1
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person - She's a real beast to anyone who makes the mistake of crossing her.
baddie (or baddy), brute, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, hound, knave, meanie (also meany), miscreant, monster, nazi, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, savage, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scoundrel, varlet, villain, wretch
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
2
a person whose behavior is offensive to others - He always has to act like a beast whenever things don't go his way.
boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cur, dog, heel, jerk, joker, louse, lout, pill, rat, reptile, scum, skunk, slob, snake, stinker, swine, varmint, vermin
barbarian, brute, caveman, Neanderthal, savage
loudmouth, vulgarian
lowlife, miscreant, rascal, rogue, roughneck, scab, scamp, scoundrel, villain, wretch
booby, fool, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, nut
airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, dolt, dope, dork [slang], goon, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, turkey
3
one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings - a frigid night that was fit for neither man nor beast
4
a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work - Controlling the state's vast bureaucracy has always been a beast.
