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Definitions for Villain

[1] a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel.
[2] a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot.
[3] villein.
[4] a wicked or malevolent person
[5] (in a novel, play, film, etc) the main evil character and antagonist to the hero
[6] often jocular a mischievous person; rogue
[7] British police slang a criminal
[8] history a variant spelling of villein
[9] obsolete an uncouth person; boor

Words related to Villain

devil, criminal, scoundrel, antihero, sinner, malefactor, reprobate, brute, offender, evildoer, miscreant, rascal, libertine, mischief-maker, caitiff, creep, blackguard, wretch, heel, profligate

Words nearby Villain

village community, villager, villagery, villagization, villahermosa, villain, villain of the piece, the, villainage, villainess, villainize, villainous

Origin of Villain

1275–1325; Middle English vilein, vilain < Middle French < Late Latin villānus a farm servant. See villa, -an

Words that may be confused with Villain

villain, villein

Other words from Villain

sub·vil·lain , noun
un·der·vil·lain , noun

Word origin for Villain

C14: from Old French vilein serf, from Late Latin vīllānus worker on a country estate, from Latin: villa

Synonyms for Villain

antihero, criminal, devil, scoundrel, sinner, blackguard, brute, caitiff, creep, evildoer, heel, libertine, lowlife, malefactor, mischief-maker, miscreant, offender, profligate, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, wretch, enfant terrible