Knave synonyms

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rascal (related)
One that is playfully mischievous.
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deceiver (related)
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blackguard
A person who uses abusive language
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scamp
A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.
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fraud
The definition of fraud is something said or done in a dishonest way to trick people.
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varlet
A rascal; a knave.
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villain
A dramatic or fictional character who is typically at odds with the hero.
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bawd (related)
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cad
A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow.
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cheat
A technique that exploits a flaw or hidden feature in a video game or computer program.
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churl
A farm laborer; peasant
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jack
(Slang) Jack Daniel's, a brand of American whiskey.
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lowlife
A vulgar, coarse, or undignified person
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miscreant
One who behaves badly, often by breaking rules of conduct or the law.
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rogue
A rogue is defined as a scoundrel or a playful trouble-maker.
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scamp. scoundrel
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scoundrel
A mean, immoral, or wicked person; rascal
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trickster
A mythological figure responsible for teaching others through the use of guile and treason.
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scalawag
(Pejorative, archaic) A rascal.
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scallywag
Alternative spelling of scalawag.
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braggart (related)
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rascally (related)
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flatterer (related)
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ruffian (related)
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Find another word for knave. In this page you can discover 25 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for knave, like: rascal, deceiver, blackguard, scamp, fraud, varlet, villain, bawd, cad, cheat and churl.
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Knave Sentence Examples

  • The person who drew up the agreement is either a great knave or a great fool.

  • Knox does not seem to have known beforehand of Rizzio's "slaughter," which had been intended to be a semi-judicial act; but soon after it he records that "that vile knave Davie was justly punished, for abusing of the commonwealth, and for other villainy which we list not to express."

  • From the Greek sophists they borrowed ingenious ways of playing off one duty against another, or duty in general against self-interest - leaving the doubter in the alternative of neglecting the one and being a knave, or neglecting the other and being a fool.

  • It had a knave and chancel and the knave is all that remains.

  • Swift, who was intimate with him, speaks of him as "an arrant knave"; but the dean may have been disappointed at being unmentioned in Rivers's will, for he made a fierce comment on the earl's bequests to his mistresses and his neglect of his friends.

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