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evil has 8 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 6 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is good.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune
“the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones”
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
“attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world”
having the nature of vice
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for evil come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.