KNAVE Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word knave. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for KNAVE
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rogue | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel | ||||||||
villain | nounn | |||||||
noun • a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately • the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction | ||||||||
rapscallion | nounn | |||||||
noun • a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel • one who is playfully mischievous | ||||||||
rascal | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel • one who is playfully mischievous | ||||||||
scalawag | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest) • a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel • one who is playfully mischievous | ||||||||
scallywag | nounn | |||||||
noun • a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest) • a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel • one who is playfully mischievous | ||||||||
blackguard | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who is morally reprehensible verb • subject to laughter or ridicule • use foul or abusive language towards | ||||||||
charlatan | nounn | |||||||
noun • a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes | ||||||||
cheat | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous • weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat • someone who leads you to believe something that is not true • the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme • a deception for profit to yourself verb • deprive somebody of something by deceit • defeat someone through trickery or deceit • engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud • be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | ||||||||
crook | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime • a circular segment of a curve • a long staff with one end being hook shaped verb • bend or cause to bend | ||||||||
deceiver | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | ||||||||
evildoer | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who sins (without repenting) | ||||||||
fraud | nounn | |||||||
noun • intentional deception resulting in injury to another person • a person who makes deceitful pretenses • something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage • the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | ||||||||
impostor | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who makes deceitful pretenses | ||||||||
malefactor | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | ||||||||
miscreant | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person without moral scruples | ||||||||
mountebank | nounn | |||||||
noun • a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes | ||||||||
scamp | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • one who is playfully mischievous verb • perform hastily and carelessly | ||||||||
scoundrel | nounn | |||||||
noun • a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately | ||||||||
sharper | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games | ||||||||