Word Meanings - KNAVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
AS. cnapa boy, youth, D. kna, G. knabe boy, knappe esquire, Icel. 1. A boy; especially, a boy servant. Wyclif. Chaucer. O murderous slumber, Lay'st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy That plays thee music Gentle knave, good night. Shak. 2. Any
Additional info about word: KNAVE
AS. cnapa boy, youth, D. kna, G. knabe boy, knappe esquire, Icel. 1. A boy; especially, a boy servant. Wyclif. Chaucer. O murderous slumber, Lay'st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy That plays thee music Gentle knave, good night. Shak. 2. Any male servant; a menial. Chaucer. He's but Fortune's knave, A minister of her will. Shak. 3. A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain. "A pair of crafty knaves." Shak. In defiance of demonstration, knaves will continue to proselyte fools. Ames. Note: "How many serving lads must have been unfaithful and dishonest before knave -which meant at first no more than boy -- acquired the meaning which it has now !" Trench. 4. A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack. Knave child, a male child. Chaucer. Syn. -- Villain; cheat; rascal; rogue; scoundrel; miscreant.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of KNAVE)
- Impostor
- Cheat
- deceiver
- distemper
- charlatan
- knave
- Rascal
- Rogue
- scoundrel
- vagabond
- scamp
- villain
- Scoundrel
- Villain
- swindler
- miscreant
- reprobate
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of KNAVE)
Related words: (words related to KNAVE)
- COMMENDATOR
One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers. - CHARLATANISM
Charlatanry. - CHARLATANIC; CHARLATANICAL
Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish. -- Char`la*tan"ic*al*ly, adv. - DISTEMPERATE
1. Immoderate. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Diseased; disordered. Wodroephe. - APPROVEDLY
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner. - COMMENDER
One who commends or praises. - KNAVESS
A knavish woman. Carlyle. - SCAMPER
To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away. Macaulay. The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering about the room after a mouse. S. Sharpe. (more info) campus the field . See Camp, and cf. Decamp, Scamp, - RASCALITY
1. The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud. 2. The poorer and lower classes of people. The chief heads of their clans with their several rascalities T. Jackson. - DISTEMPERATURE
1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air. 2. Disorder; confusion. Shak. 3. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper. A huge infectious troop Of pale distemperatures - UNDECEIVE
To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake. South. - CHEATABLE
Capable of being cheated. - IMPOSTOR
One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. "The fraudulent impostor foul." Milton. Syn. -- Deceiver; cheat; rogue. See Deceiver. - ROGUERY
1. The life of a vargant. 2. The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices. 'Tis no scandal grown, For debt and roguery to quit the town. Dryden. 3. Arch tricks; mischievousness. - SWINDLER
One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat. Syn. -- Sharper; rogue. -- Swindler, Sharper. These words agree in describing persons who take unfair advantages. - GUIDEBOOK
A book of directions and information for travelers, tourists, etc. - SCOUNDRELISM
The practices or conduct of a scoundrel; baseness; rascality. Cotgrave. - KNAVERY
Roguish or mischievous tricks. Shak. (more info) 1. The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action. This is flat knavery, to take upon you another man's name. Shak. 2. pl. - VAGABONDAGE
The condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy. - COMMENDATARY
One who holds a living in commendam. - OUTVILLAIN
To exceed in villainy. - DISCAMP
To drive from a camp. Holland. - DISAPPROVE
1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline - ESCHEATOR
An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them. Burrill. - BROGUES
Breeches. Shenstone.