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

In the pantheon of Bond villains, turncoats from MI6 have often served as some of the best baddies. —Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025

At the end of the movie, after Reggie Jackson tries to assassinate Queen Elizabeth, Leslie Nielsen's Frank Drebin zaps the main baddie, played by Ricardo Montalbán, with a stun dart. —Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 16 June 2025

Some of the scenes – like this one with Superman laser-beaming a bunch of baddies – looks like a weird cutscene from a video game. —Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025

There’s less of Reeves’ tireless gun fu and more of de Armas just picking up random objects and using them on a host of baddies. —Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baddie

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