knave

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Recent Examples of knave How does history distinguish knaves from legendary figures? W.e. Gutman, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025 Human beings are motivated by virtue (knights) or rigid self-interest (knaves), or are passive victims of their circumstances (pawns). Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knave
Noun
  • She's gone toe to toe with Marvel villains, T-rexes and Bill Murray.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Race is one of many concerns in Vineland, but One Battle After Another sets itself apart as a studio film with vividly, absurdly ugly racist villains, arguing satirically but unflinchingly that white supremacy continues to be the guiding principle for American power.
    Rory Doherty, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • An extermination of the brutes in the Middle East, presided over by Obama’s successors, has been followed by a swift cancellation by Trumpian decree of the postracial age.
    Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Each fits into typical RPG classes — with Armon being the close combat brute, Harlow the magical crowd control specialist, Rafa the agile rogue, and Vex serving as a summoner who calls on minions to do the dirty work.
    George Yang, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • If his dad is his guardian angel, looks like Dexter now has a devil on his shoulder, too.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • There is a background pattern on those stripes that depicts a devil, for some reason, but otherwise this is simple, effective and identifiably Milan.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Fan Fest Nights would not be the first time that Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolf Man and other classic monsters have shared space with Scooby-Doo and the gang.
    Robert Niles, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But the trip is going to be an extreme test of fortitude, fate, and faith, evidenced by Lionsgate's preview revealing obstacles including a hellish radiation storm, monster waves, meteors pummeling the Earth, and lethal bands of desperate survivors prowling the continent.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The 'Kill Tony' host, Hinchcliffe, famously appeared at last year's massive Netflix roast for Tom Brady and generated buzz for his savage lines aimed at the NFL legend.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Texas is gearing up for war as a savage, flesh-eating fly appears poised for a US invasion and is expanding its range of victims.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Lee is a pest and a scoundrel, chronically broke and overconfident, maybe a talented writer or at least one who’s quick with literary references.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Yet, bizarrely, the TV show undercuts this angle by inventing a serial killer nurse from whole cloth, a move that shifts the blame away from systemic forces and toward a motiveless scoundrel.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This mid-movie handoff dilutes the shock of how articulate the wretch proves in del Toro’s telling (the creature could barely speak in James Whale’s original Universal monster movie).
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Since then, he’s been a haunted wretch of a character: stoned, sullen, stuck with recurring visions of shooting his wife and himself.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Knave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knave. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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