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Synonyms for knave
neɪvknave
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rogue, knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, varletnoun
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
Synonyms:
rapscallion, jack, scamp, monkey, scallywag, imp, rascal, rogue, page, varlet, scalawagjack, knavenoun
one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
Synonyms:
seafarer, jack, diddlysquat, scallywag, jackfruit, gob, shit, doodly-squat, old salt, tar, rogue, diddly-shit, mariner, laborer, diddley, labourer, sea dog, jak, jackass, rascal, rapscallion, jackstones, scalawag, diddlyshit, manual laborer, diddly-squat, varlet, seaman, squat, diddly
Dictionary of English Synonymes
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#38 | page | |
#1765 | jack | |
#4793 | shit | |
#6182 | monkey | |
#6230 | cheat | |
#8169 | tar | |
#10657 | rogue | |
#13207 | imp | |
#19239 | mariner | |
#21277 | laborer | |
#21387 | rascal | |
#22527 | villain | |
#26473 | jak | |
#26488 | seaman | |
#27039 | labourer | |
#27478 | squat | |
#29709 | scamp | |
#30547 | jackass | |
#45726 | gob | |
#54775 | hogue | |
#69128 | scoundrel | |
#78169 | diddley | |
#79155 | knave | |
#90944 | seafarer | |
#119015 | diddly | |
#121408 | miscreant | |
#166096 | jackfruit | |
#259174 | varlet | |
#285443 | scallywag |
How to use knave in a sentence?
Mark this! who lives beyond his means Forfeits respect, loses his sense; Where?er he goes, through the seven births, All count him knave: him women hate.
None are so busy as the fool and knave.
Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity than straigthforward and simple integrity in another. A knave would rather quarrel with a brother knave than with a fool, but he would rather avoid a quarrel with one honest man than with both. He can combat a fool by management and address, and he can conquer a knave by temptations. But the honest man is neither to be bamboozled nor bribed.
Alexander Hamilton, P. 217 - A History of the American People by P. Johnson:
Every man ought to be supposed a knave, and to have no other end, in all his actions, but private interest. By this interest we must govern him, and by means of it, make him cooperate to public good, notwithstanding his unsatiable avarice and ambition.
Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield:
The heart never grows better by age I fear rather worse always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.
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- Bube, Schurke, Boy, Knabe, Knappe, Knecht, GaunerGerman
- απατεώνGreek
- mozo, paje, sota, villano, bellacoSpanish
- knaapi, jätkä, hovipoika, sotamies, solttuFinnish
- voyou, fourbe, valet, pageFrench
- fanteItalian
- 悪党Japanese
- boy, knaap, boer, schelm, knechtDutch
- valetePortuguese
- негодяй, мальчик-слуга, лакей, подлец, жулик, подонок, плут, прислужник, валетRussian
- dräng, skojare, knekt, gynnare, hjonSwedish
- ghulamuSwahili
- மோசமானவன்Tamil
- knaveTelugu
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