Thesaurus
Synonyms & Antonyms of knavish
tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness
- a knavish bunch of urchins racing pell-mell through the marketplace
Synonyms for knavish
Words Related to knavish
Near Antonyms for knavish
Keep scrolling for more
Comments on knavish
What made you want to look up knavish? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test Your Vocabulary
Farm Idioms Quiz
- What does 'poke' refer to in the expression 'pig in a poke'?
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
TAKE THE QUIZ
Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridgedWords at Play
Ask the Editors
Word Games
Share knavish
Time Traveler for knavish
The first known use of knavish was in the 15th century
See more words from the same century