knave
noun
[ neɪv ]
• a dishonest or unscrupulous man.
Similar:
scoundrel,
rogue,
villain,
rascal,
good-for-nothing,
wretch,
ne'er-do-well,
unprincipled person,
reprobate,
scapegrace,
wrongdoer,
evil-doer,
charlatan,
cheat,
swindler,
fraudster,
swine,
louse,
hound,
cur,
rat,
scumbag,
wrong'un,
bastard,
beast,
son of a bitch,
SOB,
skunk,
nasty piece of work,
ratbag,
scrote,
blighter,
spalpeen,
sleeveen,
fink,
rat fink,
scamp,
scally,
cad,
heel,
bad egg,
dastard,
stinker,
rotter,
bounder,
blackguard,
miscreant,
varlet,
vagabond,
rapscallion,
whoreson,
• (in cards) a jack.
Origin:
Old English cnafa ‘boy, servant’, of West Germanic origin; related to German Knabe ‘boy’.
