Antonyms for evil
ˈi vəlevil

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. evilnoun

   Antonyms:
   good

2. evilnoun

   Intending to harm; malevolent.

   The evils of society include murder.

   Antonyms:
   good

3. eviladjective

   Morally corrupt.

   Antonyms:
   good

4. eviladjective

   Antonyms:
   good

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. evil

   Abomination (from the Latin ab omen, a thing of ill omen) was originally applied to anything held in religious or ceremonial aversion or abhorrence; as, "The things which are highly esteemed among men are abomination in the sight of God." Luke xvi, 15. The word is oftener applied to the object of such aversion or abhorrence than to the state of mind that so regards it; in common use abomination signifies something very much disliked or loathed, or that deserves to be. Choice food may be an object of aversion and disgust to a sick person; vile food would be an abomination. A toad is to many an object of disgust; a foul sewer is an abomination. As applied to crimes, abomination is used of such as are especially brutal, shameful, or revolting; theft is an offense; infanticide is an abomination.

   Antonyms:
   affection, appreciation, approval, benefit, blessing, delight, desire, enjoyment, esteem, esteem, gratification, joy, satisfaction, treat

   Synonyms:
   abhorrence, abomination, abuse, annoyance, aversion, crime, curse, detestation, disgust, execration, hatred, horror, iniquity, nuisance, offense, plague, shame, villainy, wickedness

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1. evil

   Antonyms:
   wholesome, beneficial, right, virtuous, holy, pure, happy, fortunate, felicitous, joyous, welcome, grateful, good

   Synonyms:
   ill, noxious, deleterious, wrong, bad, mischievous, hurtful, sinful, unhappy, adverse, unpropitious, wicked, corrupt, harmful, unfair, notorious, miserable, sorrowful

Matched Categories

1. • Bad
   • Evildoing

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.3 / 7 votes

1. evil, immorality, wickedness, iniquitynoun

   morally objectionable behavior

   Antonyms:
   good, goodness, angelical, virtuous, saintly, beatific, saving(a), angelic, redeeming(a), redemptive, sainted, white, beneficent, goody-goody, saintlike

   Synonyms:
   immorality, shabbiness, sinfulness, sin, ugliness, evilness, iniquity, dark, unfairness, wickedness, darkness, sliminess, repulsiveness, lousiness, nefariousness, loathsomeness, vileness, injustice

2. evilnoun

   that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune

   "the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones"- Shakespeare

   Antonyms:
   goodness, good, white, goody-goody, virtuous, saintly, beatific, saving(a), saintlike, beneficent, redemptive, redeeming(a), sainted, angelical, angelic

   Synonyms:
   wickedness, iniquity, immorality, evilness

3. evil, evilnessadjective

   the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice

   "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"

   Antonyms:
   goodness, good, angelical, sainted, angelic, white, redeeming(a), saintly, beatific, redemptive, saintlike, virtuous, saving(a), beneficent, goody-goody

   Synonyms:
   wickedness, iniquity, immorality, evilness

4. eviladjective

   morally bad or wrong

   "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"

   Antonyms:
   goodness, good, redeeming(a), beneficent, virtuous, redemptive, goody-goody, beatific, sainted, white, saving(a), saintlike, angelic, saintly, angelical

   Synonyms:
   malevolent, vicious, malefic, malign

5. evil, viciousadjective

   having the nature of vice

   Antonyms:
   good, goodness, goody-goody, saving(a), white, saintlike, redeeming(a), virtuous, beneficent, angelic, saintly, redemptive, sainted, beatific, angelical

   Synonyms:
   malefic, savage, deplorable, reprehensible, fell, venomous, criminal, condemnable, roughshod, malign, malevolent, cruel, barbarous, vicious, poisonous, brutal

6. malefic, malevolent, malign, eviladjective

   having or exerting a malignant influence

   "malevolent stars"; "a malefic force"

   Antonyms:
   good, goodness, white, sainted, angelic, angelical, beneficent, redemptive, saintly, saving(a), virtuous, goody-goody, beatific, redeeming(a), saintlike

   Synonyms:
   malefic, malevolent, malign, vicious

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1. eviladjective

   Synonyms:
   sinful, immoral, sinister, unrighteous, vicious, pernicious, bad

2. evilnoun

   Synonyms:
   wickedness, depravity, sin, iniquity, perniciousness, belial, unrighteousness, disaster, misfortune, calamity, reverse, injustice, damage, injury, wrong, mischief

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1. etiquette

   Submitted by anonymous on January 22, 2020  

How to use evil in a sentence?

1. Detective Superintendent Des Bray:

   Those responsible for this crime are truly evil and remain amongst us in the community and must be held accountable for what they have done.

2. CLIFFORD VILLALON:

   The best choice you can make for yourself is to socialize with lesser evil.

3. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky:

   The evil which purposefully targets peaceful cities and ambulance vans and explodes hospitals will not stop with just one country if they have the strength to keep going, i keep reiterating to our allies and friends abroad ; they have to keep doing more for our country, for Ukrainians and Ukraine. Because it is not only for Ukraine, but it is for all of Europe.

4. Peter Guarraia:

   We are all over the place, a lot of our clients are asking, 'How do we turn our supply chains from a necessary evil into a competitive weapon?'.

5. Jeb Bush:

   The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam, that's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don't represent peace. They represent evil and war.

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