villainous

1. 1.

   extremely wicked

   “nefarious schemes”

   “a villainous plot”

   “a villainous band of thieves”

   Synonymsnefarious

   Similarwicked

Questions about villainous

What does villainous mean?

villainous means "extremely wicked".

How many syllables are in villainous?

villainous has 3 syllables: vil-lai-nous. The stress falls on "vil". In IPA it is /ˈvɪlənəs/.

What is another word for villainous?

Close synonyms include nefarious. 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.

Is villainous a common word?

villainous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.