Villain

Noun

 * 1) A wicked person; a deliberate scoundrel.
 * 2) An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes.
 * 3) The bad person in a work of fiction; often the main antagonist of the hero.

Adjectives for Villain
plain-dealing; replenished; ungrateful; dissembling; precise; white; sweet:; monstrous; soulless; repulsive; murdering; rich; senseless; false; infernal; cursed; notorious; prodigious; wicked; skulking; accomplished; penurious; scheming; murderous; shag-haired; fine; hoary; inflexible; trusty; honorable; abandoned; atrocious; deliberate; cool.

Verbs for Villain
apprehend—; banish—; band—; condemn—; curtail—; denounce—; expose—; ferret out—; incarcerate—; inveigh against—; jail—; portray—; prosecute—; reveal—; scourge—; seize—; sniff out—; —s band; —betrays; —confesses; —conspires; —defiles; —desecrates; —eludes; —evades; — plots; —seduces; —slanders; —transgresses.

Synonyms for Villain
knave; rascal; scamp; bad guy; cad

Thesaurus
antagonist, antihero, bad guy, bad person, barnstormer, bastard, bit, bit part, blackguard, blighter, bounder, cad, caitiff, cast, character, character actor, character man, character woman, child actor, criminal, crook, cue, cur, deceiver, delinquent, devil, diseur, diseuse, dog, dramatizer, evildoer, fat part, feeder, felon, foil, gangster, heavy, hero, heroine, histrio, histrion, ingenue, juvenile, knave, lawbreaker, lead, lead role, leading lady, leading man, leading woman, lines, malefactor, malevolent, malfeasant, malfeasor, matinee idol, mime, mimer, mimic, miscreant, misfeasor, mobster, monologist, mummer, outlaw, pantomime, pantomimist, part, person, personage, piece, playactor, player, precious rascal, protagonist, protean actor, public enemy, racketeer, rapscallion, rascal, rat, reciter, reptile, rogue, role, rotter, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, shyster, side, sinner, sneak, soubrette, spalpeen, stage performer, stage player, stooge, straight man, straight part, stroller, strolling player, supporting character, supporting role, theatrical, thespian, thief, title role, transgressor, trouper, utility man, viper, walk-on, walking part, worker of ill, wretch, wrongdoer

Etymology
Probably villein: from  villain: (modern: vilain), in turn from Late  villanus:, meaning serf or peasant, someone who is bound to the soil of a villa:, which is to say, worked on the equivalent of a plantation in late Antiquity, in Italy or Gaul.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 惡棍, 恶棍,  坏家伙, ,   (Northern Mandarin),  ,  ,  無籟,  无籁,  渾蛋,  浑蛋,  ,  壞人,  坏人
 * Croatian: zlobnik
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, slyngel
 * Dutch:, slechterik
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: gazember


 * Indonesian: penjahat
 * Irish: bithiúnach
 * Italian:, ,  ,  ,  ,
 * Japanese:, 悪党, 悪漢
 * Macedonian: никаквец, злобник
 * Persian: تبه کار
 * Polish: łotr, łajdak, złoczyńca
 * Romanian:, ticălos
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bosnian: negativac
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:,  Oberböse
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: bithiúnach


 * Italian: il
 * Macedonian: никаквец, негативец
 * Polish: czarny charakter
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,


 * French: ,
 * Italian:, servo feudale
 * Persian: رعيت


 * Russian: вассал

Noun
villain



Alternative forms

 * villojen