baddie

noun

bad·​die ˈba-dē 

variants or baddy

plural baddies

informal

: a bad person or thing

especially : an opponent of the hero (as in fiction or motion pictures)

Synonyms

• beast
• brute
• caitiff
• devil
• evildoer
• fiend
• heavy
• hound
• knave
• meanie
• meany
• miscreant
• monster
• nazi
• no-good
• rapscallion
• rascal
• reprobate
• rogue
• savage
• scalawag
• scallywag
• scamp
• scapegrace
• scoundrel
• varlet
• villain
• wretch

Examples of baddie in a Sentence

the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable

Recent Examples on the Web

Unsurprisingly, their union is threatened by the arrival of Electro (Jamie Foxx), a current-controlling baddie who was formerly mild-mannered scientist Max Dillon. —Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024

The seductive track is an anthem for all the baddies across the land as the men praise women universally who carry that bold energy proudly. —Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 18 Oct. 2024

Democrats dream of a time when Republicans turn their backs on Donald Trump, and when all of America views him as a baddie. —Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024

These can range from running a gauntlet as Great Saiyaman defending a city against the series’ giant kaiju, Perfect Cell tag teaming with Goku against Buu-era baddies, or proving once and for all that Hercule is the strongest warrior under the heavens. —Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above