villain
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
Types & categories
- unwelcome person hypernym
- bounder hyponym
- gallows bird hyponym
- knave hyponym
- villainess hyponym
Related & opposite
- scoundrelly derivation
- nefarious derivation
Sense 2 noun
the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
Types & categories
- persona hypernym
Related & opposite
- jargon domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scoundrelly |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nefarious |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unwelcome person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bounder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gallows bird |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | knave |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | villainess |
| 2 | domain usage | Related & opposite | jargon |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | persona |