Synonyms of meanie

meanie

noun

ˈmē-nē 

variants also meany

as in villain

a mean, evil, or unprincipled person

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• villain
• brute
• monster
• devil
• savage
• scoundrel
• offender
• wretch
• criminal
• beast
• rascal
• bandit
• thug
• knave
• scalawag
• loser
• scamp
• rogue
• nazi
• reprobate
• evildoer
• miscreant
• gangster
• no-good
• caitiff
• baddie
• fiend
• hound
• assassin
• scapegrace
• crook
• heavy
• varlet
• perpetrator
• rapscallion
• snake
• culprit
• villainess
• sinner
• blackguard
• heel
• felon
• trespasser
• wrongdoer
• transgressor
• perp
• cad
• lawbreaker
• con
• viper
• outlaw
• hoodlum
• goon
• serpent
• ruffian
• convict
• rough
• desperado
• malefactor
• hooligan
• racketeer
• stinker
• lowlife
• tough
• jailbird
• bravo
• cutthroat
• rowdy
• trash
• gunman
• ne'er-do-well

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• innocent
• hero
• angel
• saint

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of meanie

Once cooler weather pushes in, experts predict that both the moon jellies and pink meanies are likely to disappear from Texas beaches. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025

Hall, Nash, and Hogan—now wearing black and cultivating vicious dark stubble around his platinum mustache—were stylish meanies. — James Parker, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025

Years after the Jurassic Park disaster, the new Jurassic World has risen from its ashes with offerings that include a selection of classic dinosaurs and the new Indominus rex, a big meanie made from the genetic elements of other dinosaurs. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 July 2025

Why was Bail such a meanie to Cassian in their first meeting together? — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 May 2025