Knave

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An unprincipled, crafty fellow.
  • n. A male servant.
  • n. A man of humble birth.
  • n. Games See jack.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A boy; especially, a boy servant.
  • n. Any male servant; a menial.
  • n. A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain.
  • n. A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A boy; especially, a boy servant.
  • n. Any male servant; a menial.
  • n. A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain.
  • n. A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A boy; a boy as a servant; a servant; a fellow.
  • n. A friend; a crony: used as a term of endearment.
  • n. A false, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; one given to fraudulent tricks or practices; a rogue or scoundrel.
  • n. A playing-card with a servant (usually, in English and American cards, in a conventionalized costume of the sixteenth century) figured on it; a jack.
  • To prove or make a knave.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
  • n. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Form
    knavish    knavery   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cheat    scoundrel    miscreant    rascal    villain    rogue    boy    menial    jack   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dave    Wave    aftershave    behave    brave    cave    concave    crave    deprave    engrave   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scoundrel    impostor    hypocrite    villain    coward    traitor    wretch    scamp    thief    brute