Synonyms of wicked

wicked 1 of 2

adjective

ˈwi-kəd 

1

as in evil

not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable

a wicked urge to steal just for the sake of stealing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• evil
• sinful
• immoral
• unlawful
• vicious
• vile
• dark
• bad
• rotten
• villainous
• wrong
• unrighteous
• cruel
• corrupt
• iniquitous
• obscene
• infamous
• nefarious
• ugly
• cursed
• offensive
• unauthorized
• illegal
• unethical
• improper
• unsavory
• dirty
• nasty
• condemned
• naughty
• infernal
• contemptible
• depraved
• prohibited
• despicable
• perverted
• ill
• sordid
• sick
• disreputable
• ungodly
• ignoble
• forbidden
• pernicious
• dishonest
• debauched
• dissolute
• atrocious
• fallen
• snide
• mean
• degenerate
• objectionable
• incorrect
• evil-minded
• reprehensible
• unwholesome
• pestilential
• loose
• noxious
• debased
• unclean
• base
• miserable
• unhealthy
• censurable
• libertine
• wretched
• reprobate
• scrofulous
• blameworthy
• unscrupulous
• blamable
• proscribed
• unprincipled
• outlawed
• discouraged
• low-minded
• barred
• low
• indecent
• vulgar
• errant
• unseemly
• execrable
• cussed
• lousy
• erring
• dishonorable
• disallowed
• indecorous
• unbecoming
• defiling
• banned
• interdicted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• righteous
• good
• moral
• virtuous
• right
• sublime
• honorable
• ethical
• high
• noble
• honest
• decent
• legitimate
• upright
• legal
• just
• lofty
• elevated
• permitted
• scrupulous
• reputable
• permissible
• principled
• licensed
• authorized
• approved
• endorsed
• proper
• correct
• clean
• sanctioned
• allowed
• promoted
• high-minded
• supported
• decent
• exemplary
• white
• perfect
• pure
• innocent
• encouraged
• law-abiding
• decorous
• blameless
• guiltless
• seemly
• wholesome
• commendable
• creditable
• worthy
• immaculate
• venerable
• chaste
• unerring
• spotless
• incorruptible
• inoffensive
• unobjectionable
• irreproachable
• uncorrupted
• abetted
• esteemed
• respected
• unfallen
• squeaky-clean
• lily-white
• upstanding

2

as in mischievous

tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness

a wicked grin on his face when he said that

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mischievous
• playful
• devilish
• impish
• naughty
• roguish
• knavish
• pixie
• prankish
• rascally
• waggish
• puckish
• sly
• tricksy
• pixieish
• elvish
• happy
• cunning
• scampish
• arch
• leprechaunish
• espiègle
• lively
• teasing
• sportful
• whimsical
• frisky
• crafty
• spirited
• sportive
• wily
• lighthearted
• frolicsome
• kittenish
• coy
• coltish
• energetic
• antic
• sprightly
• tricky
• gay
• artful
• trickish
• troublemaking
• misbehaving
• pestering
• riling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• grave
• solemn
• grim
• stern
• sober
• staid
• sedate

3

as in unpleasant

not giving pleasure to the mind or senses

rotting eggs create a truly wicked stench

caused a rash with a wicked itch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unpleasant
• harsh
• unpleasing
• bad
• nasty
• ugly
• bitter
• sour
• horrible
• rotten
• awful
• disgusting
• sickening
• disagreeable
• unwelcome
• dreadful
• shocking
• unlovely
• unsavory
• hideous
• vile
• distasteful
• uncongenial
• displeasing
• unpalatable
• sick
• icky
• hateful
• abominable
• yucky
• annoying
• loathsome
• villainous
• horrid
• odious
• unholy
• revolting
• hellish
• obnoxious
• scandalous
• repulsive
• foul
• repugnant
• ghastly
• appalling
• irritating
• offensive
• abhorrent
• obscene
• gross
• invidious
• beastly
• horrendous
• repellent
• seamy
• gnarly
• nauseating
• noisome
• bilious
• vexing
• nauseous
• wretched
• miserable
• aggravating
• revulsive
• crummy
• god-awful
• galling
• crappy
• lousy
• sucky
• cruddy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• good
• pleasant
• nice
• grateful
• agreeable
• welcome
• satisfying
• congenial
• pleasurable
• gratifying
• delightful
• delicious
• palatable
• sweet
• pleasing
• charming
• friendly
• dreamy
• amiable
• delectable
• jolly
• kindly
• felicitous
• cheery

4

as in dangerous

causing or capable of causing harm

a wicked insult that deeply hurt his self-esteem for many years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dangerous
• harmful
• adverse
• damaging
• detrimental
• bad
• evil
• hazardous
• pernicious
• infectious
• poisonous
• mischievous
• baneful
• injurious
• hurtful
• deleterious
• noxious
• ill
• prejudicial
• baleful
• hostile
• deadly
• destructive
• sinister
• venomous
• nocuous
• lethal
• unsafe
• infective
• unfriendly
• ominous
• insidious
• risky
• threatening
• inimical
• menacing
• contagious
• killer
• perilous
• pestilential
• malignant
• pestilent
• fatal
• pestiferous
• unwholesome
• nasty
• ruinous
• unhealthful
• unsound
• unhealthy
• noisome
• parlous
• imperiling
• jeopardizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• innocent
• harmless
• benign
• safe
• beneficial
• useful
• good
• innocuous
• advantageous
• inoffensive
• favorable
• healthy
• propitious
• helpful
• wholesome
• healthful
• sound
• remedial
• salutary
• anodyne
• hurtless
• salubrious
• curative
• secure
• palliative
• benignant
• nonpoisonous
• nondestructive
• nontoxic
• noncorrosive
• nonlethal
• nonfatal
• noninfectious
• nonpolluting
• nonvenomous

wicked

2 of 2

adverb

as in extremely

to a great degree

we were wicked excited when our team finally won the pennant after so many years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extremely
• damned
• very
• incredibly
• terribly
• damn
• too
• highly
• badly
• so
• severely
• jolly
• really
• super
• desperately
• mighty
• seriously
• intensely
• full
• far
• that
• real
• most
• greatly
• especially
• exceptionally
• such
• wildly
• awful
• deadly
• good and
• fantastically
• fabulously
• fiercely
• heavily
• awfully
• monstrous
• exceedingly
• supremely
• particularly
• much
• sore
• frightfully
• specially
• roaring
• absolutely
• filthy
• extra
• beastly
• immensely
• uncommonly
• utterly
• dang
• eminently
• cracking
• totally
• passing
• bone
• rattling
• way
• mortally
• spanking
• surpassingly
• whacking
• almighty
• thumping
• remarkably
• hugely
• vitally
• sorely
• positively
• thoroughly
• achingly
• a lot
• corking
• enormously
• completely
• archly
• stinking
• colossally
• roaringly
• blisteringly
• deeply
• vastly
• unco
• mightily
• ever
• as all get-out
• majorly
• wholly
• downright
• right
• entirely
• profoundly
• significantly
• radically
• flat-out
• noticeably
• visibly
• fully
• considerably
• obviously
• purely
• substantially
• notably
• extensively
• palpably
• monstrously
• markedly
• obscenely
• plainly
• excessively
• amazingly
• astonishingly
• monumentally
• abundantly
• altogether
• plentifully
• discernibly
• appreciably
• grandly
• astronomically
• staggeringly
• overmuch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• little
• somewhat
• slightly
• nominally
• just
• negligibly
• scarcely
• hardly
• marginally
• barely
• minimally
• scantily
• meagerly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wicked

Adjective

On the afternoon of June 8, as a wicked storm bore down on the suburbs of Chicago, a cross country cyclist found a newborn kitten on the side of the road near Joliet. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

But even the most perfect Constitution can be undone by the wicked with the help of the bought, the stupid, and the cowardly. — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

Philadelphia already boasts a wicked rotation with Cristopher Sanchez, Zack Wheeler and Jesus Luzardo. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 16 June 2026

Spark, who was born in 1918 and died in 2006, had a talent for writing wicked little books that defy easy categorization; her coming-of-age stories feel like horror stories, her horror stories feel like love stories, and her love stories feel like acid satire. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 10 June 2026