Synonyms for villain
ˈvɪl ənvil·lain

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1. villainnoun

   Synonyms:
   cad, knave, bad guy, rascal, scamp

2. villainnoun

   A vile, wicked person.

   Synonyms:
   knave, scamp, rascal, bad guy, cad

3. villainnoun

   The bad person in a work of fiction; often the main antagonist of the hero.

   Synonyms:
   knave, rascal, bad guy, cad, scamp

4. villainnoun

   A villain was in a low level of medieval serfdom. A cotter may have been lower.

   Synonyms:
   bad guy, knave, cad, scamp, rascal

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1. villain

   Synonyms:
   scoundrel, ruffian, wretch

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1. villain, scoundrelnoun

   a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately

   Synonyms:
   baddie, scoundrel

2. villain, baddienoun

   the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction

   Synonyms:
   baddie, scoundrel

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1. • Character
   • Unwelcome Person

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1. villainnoun

   Synonyms:
   rascal, knave, scoundrel, rogue, scamp, reprobate, scapegrace, miscreant, caitiff, vile wretch

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1. villainnoun

   Synonyms:
   scoundrel

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1. List of paraphrases for "villain":

   scoundrel, bandit, naughty, bad, traitor, rascal

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1. James Hong:

   I did the best as an actor to overcome the cliché-ness because I had to in order to keep working, i took those roles and then I used what my teachers had taught me and put the real feelings, even if it's a villain... I try to find what makes the person really that person.

2. Famous Proverb:

   A good man in an evil society seems the greatest villain of all.

3. Ted CRUZ:

   This is not a cage match, and you look at the questions: 'Donald Trump are you a comic book villain? Ben Carson can you do math? John Kasich will you insult two people over here? Marco Rubio why don't you resign? Jeb Bush why have your numbers fallen?' How about talking about the substantive issues people care about?

4. Duncan Tonatiuh:

   The villain here is racism and segregation, at the end of the book, what I wanted to show is the Mexican American children and the White children being in school together and playing together and interacting with each other.

5. Mark Hamill:

   The idea of Alec Guinness being the real villain, I thought, ‘wow, what a spectacular twist’.