nefarious

1. 1.

   extremely wicked

   “nefarious schemes”

   “a villainous plot”

   “a villainous band of thieves”

   Synonymsvillainous

   Similarwicked

Questions about nefarious

What does nefarious mean?

nefarious means "extremely wicked".

How many syllables are in nefarious?

nefarious has 4 syllables: ne-far-i-ous. The stress falls on "far". In IPA it is /nəˈfɛɹiəs/.

What is another word for nefarious?

Close synonyms include villainous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.