evil
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
morally objectionable behavior
Types & categories
- transgression hypernym
- deviltry hyponym
- foul play hyponym
- irreverence hyponym
- sexual immorality hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
morally bad or wrong
evil purposes
Related & opposite
- bad also see
- immoral also see
- offensive also see
- wrong also see
- unrighteous also see
- wicked also see
- good antonym
- evilness attribute
- evilness derivation
- atrocious similar to
- bad similar to
- sinister similar to
- corruptive similar to
- demonic similar to
- despicable similar to
- diabolic similar to
- evil-minded similar to
Sense 3 noun
that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune
the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones
Types & categories
- badness hypernym
- Four Horsemen hyponym
Sense 4 adjective
having the nature of vice
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world
Types & categories
- immorality hypernym
- malevolency hyponym
- malignity hyponym
- balefulness hyponym
- worst hyponym
- vileness hyponym
- reprehensibility hyponym
- villainy hyponym
- perversity hyponym
- wrongdoing hyponym
- vice hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 adjective
having or exerting a malignant influence
malevolent stars
Related & opposite
- malevolency derivation
- malignity derivation
- maleficent similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wicked |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sinful |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | transgression |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deviltry |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | foul play |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | irreverence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sexual immorality |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | bad |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | immoral |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | offensive |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | wrong |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | unrighteous |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | wicked |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | good |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | evilness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | evilness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | atrocious |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | bad |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | sinister |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | corruptive |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | demonic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | despicable |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | diabolic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | evil-minded |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | badness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Four Horsemen |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | vice |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | brutality |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | evilness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | wicked |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | good |
| 5 | attribute | Related & opposite | evil |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | evil |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | evil |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | immorality |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | malevolency |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | malignity |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | balefulness |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | worst |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vileness |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | reprehensibility |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | villainy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | perversity |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrongdoing |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vice |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | malevolency |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | malignity |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | maleficent |