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

The big plot element here is that the planet-size baddie Unicron (voiced by Orson Welles) wants to swallow up Cybertron, leading Optimus Prime and Megatron to forge a shaky alliance to protect their world. —Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024

Our hero also ditches the red dye in his hair, a small but helpful cosmetic change as the new baddie of the bunk beds has purple hair. —Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024

The film’s amazing centerpiece scene finds Hunter battling gun-toting baddies in a shopping mall filled with Christmas decorations and terrified shoppers. —Keith Phipps, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024

Raven Tracy and Kayla Nicole, two additional Summit panelists, teach us that the real baddies cultivate self love, and love for others in supportive, inclusive ways. —Essence, 10 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above