Synonyms of beasts

beasts

noun

plural of beast

1

as in brutes

a mean, evil, or unprincipled person

she's a real beast to anyone who makes the mistake of crossing her

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brutes
• villains
• monsters
• devils
• savages
• criminals
• offenders
• bandits
• wretches
• assassins
• scoundrels
• knaves
• thugs
• nazis
• varlets
• rogues
• fiends
• baddies
• hounds
• rascals
• gangsters
• evildoers
• reprobates
• miscreants
• losers
• heavies
• scalawags
• no-goods
• scamps
• crooks
• snakes
• rapscallions
• perpetrators
• meanies
• scapegraces
• serpents
• culprits
• caitiffs
• trespassers
• sinners
• blackguards
• transgressors
• outlaws
• vipers
• felons
• lawbreakers
• wrongdoers
• heels
• malefactors
• convicts
• desperadoes
• ruffians
• cads
• perps
• cons
• villainesses
• cutthroats
• hoodlums
• racketeers
• hooligans
• toughs
• goons
• gunmen
• jailbirds
• stinkers
• roughs
• lowlifes
• rowdies
• bravos
• trash
• ne'er-do-wells

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• angels
• saints
• heroes
• innocents

2

as in bastards

a person whose behavior is offensive to others

he always has to act like a beast whenever things don't go his way

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bastards
• dogs
• jerks
• clowns
• skunks
• brutes
• snakes
• reptiles
• rats
• jokers
• creeps
• vermin
• swine
• idiots
• toads
• morons
• villains
• buggers
• varmints
• heels
• rotters
• boors
• brats
• bounders
• stinkers
• cads
• buzzards
• barbarians
• nuisances
• pills
• hounds
• blighters
• curs
• scumbags
• scums
• louses
• slimes
• schmucks
• louts
• sods
• dirtbags
• bleeders
• fools
• cretins
• savages
• churls
• sons of guns
• finks
• nerds
• stinkards
• scuzzballs
• cruds
• slimeballs
• wretches
• crumbs
• slobs
• so-and-sos
• chuffs
• sleazeballs
• sleazebags
• nuts
• cavemen
• scoundrels
• sleazes
• rat finks
• rogues
• vulgarians
• rascals
• lowlifes
• imbeciles
• loudmouths
• roughnecks
• Neanderthals
• blockheads
• scabs
• miscreants
• dolts
• scamps
• boobies
• dopes
• pests
• goons
• turkeys
• airheads
• snobs
• jackasses
• ninnies
• nincompoops
• schmoes
• dorks
• snots
• dinks
• doofuses
• nits
• nitwits
• dweebs
• snips
• birdbrains
• half-wits
• insolents
• snoots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heroes
• gentlemen
• ladies
• idols
• role models
• angels
• heroines
• saints

3

as in animals

one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings

a frigid night that was fit for neither man nor beast

Synonyms & Similar Words

• animals
• creatures
• beasties
• critters
• brutes
• quadrupeds
• vermin
• invertebrates
• carnivores
• varmints
• bipeds
• pets
• herbivores
• vertebrates
• insectivores
• domestic animals
• blasties
• livestocks
• ferals
• stocks

4

as in headaches

a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work

controlling the state's vast bureaucracy has always been a beast

Synonyms & Similar Words

• headaches
• jobs
• killers
• bears
• burdens
• chores
• efforts
• labors
• loads
• nuisances
• drudgeries
• strains
• lucubrations
• weights
• troubles
• heavy liftings
• sweats
• grinds
• bothers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breezes
• setups
• kid stuff
• duck soup
• snaps
• cinches
• child's play

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of beasts

Headline writers like to use words like menageries and beasts to describe it. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026

Mythical Creatures, designed by Kit Kemp of London’s Firmdale Hotels, is a playful take on fine bone china that comes decorated with folk-art birds and beasts, then finished with a gold rim Kemp customizes herself. — Angela Tafoya, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026

The North American continent retains wild beasts aplenty in open, wild country like the Mountain Men enjoyed 200 years ago. — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026

But over the course of numerous sequels and reboots, the franchise largely shifted away from resonant character drama in favor of high-octane action sequences and increasingly monstrous beasts. — Megan McCluskey, Time, 14 Aug. 2026

After one of the beasts breaks into their home, we are given three crucial pieces of information. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026

But on Monday one of the bigger beasts of Wall Street, Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius, came out guns blazing at Warsh. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

In September, the Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup and Arts Festival brings in more than 20,000 spectators who line a hillside to watch riders corral the majestic beasts. — Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 5 Aug. 2026

The wild beasts of the wilderness were thus feared, revered—and persecuted. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026