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| Main Entry: |
knave
 [neyv] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rascal |
| Synonyms: | bastard, blackguard, fraud, heel, lowlife, miscreant, rapscallion, reprobate, rogue, scallywag, scamp, scoundrel, swindler, villain |
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| Main Entry: | crook |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal, thief |
| Synonyms: | cheat, filcher, knave, pilferer, purloiner, racketeer, robber, rogue, scoundrel, shark, shyster, swindler, villain |
| Antonyms: | law, police |
| Main Entry: | devil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demon |
| Synonyms: | Beelzebub, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Prince of Darkness, Satan, adversary, archfiend, beast, brute, bête noire, common enemy, dastard, diablo, djinn, dybbuk, enfant terrible, evil one, fiend, genie, hellion, imp, knave, monster, ogre, rogue, scamp, scoundrel, the Erinyes, the Furies, the dickens, villain |
| Antonyms: | angel, god |
Example Sentences
- She was hardly worth the hazard run by the knave that fired her.
- It seems utterly impossible to overtake that old rebel hypocrite and knave.
- As loudly as he had been lauded a financial savior months earlier, he was branded a knave and ignobly demoted.
| Main Entry: | instigator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | troublemaker |
| Synonyms: | agent provocateur, agitator, firebrand, hellion, incendiary, inciter, inflamer, knave, meddler, mischief-maker, nuisance, provocateur, punk*, rabble-rouser, ringleader, sparkplug, wise guy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blackguard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scoundrel |
| Synonyms: | bad egg, bum, cad, knave, lowlife, miscreant, riffraff, rogue, skunk, snake*, villain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | louse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad person |
| Synonyms: | cad, cootie, knave, rat, scoundrel |
| Main Entry: | malefactor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrongdoer |
| Synonyms: | convict, criminal, culprit, delinquent, felon, knave, offender, rascal, scoundrel, villain |
| Main Entry: | picaroon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pirate |
| Synonyms: | adventurer, buccaneer, freebooter, knave, rogue |
| Main Entry: | rapscallion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rascal |
| Synonyms: | knave, miscreant, rogue, rouge, scamp, scoundrel, villain |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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