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)

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Slang Meaning of Baddie

Baddie has a slang meaning, referring to someone (usually a woman) who is confident, stylish, and attractive. Learn more >

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

Some of our favorite trans baddies are larger-than-life antagonists in otherworldly adventures, like Doctor Who or Hellraiser. —Samantha Riedel, Them., 28 Mar. 2025

There is another ex-military named Dutch played to hilt as a baddie by Chidi Ajufo, and particularly grizzly and imposing are uber villains Viper (Emmett J. Scanlan and Artemis (Eve Mauro). —Pete Hammond, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025

Luckily for all the baddies on a budget, Tate’s lip combo surprisingly includes a $10 drugstore lip gloss. —Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 28 Feb. 2025

Olivia Colman, wearing a nun’s habit and wielding a guitar, plays the baddie; Antonio Banderas is a swaggering, gold-crazy ship captain. —Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baddie

• addy
• caddie
• caddy
• daddy
• gaddi
• laddie
• paddy
• granddaddy