Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
devil (noun)1.
often capitalized the personal supreme spirit of evil often represented in Jewish and Christian belief as the tempter of humankind, the leader of all apostate angels, and the ruler of hell - usually used with the often used as an interjection, an intensive, or a generalized term of abuse what the devil is this? the devil you say!
2.
an evil spirit - demon
3.
a) an extremely wicked person - fiend
b) archaic a great evil
4.
a person of notable energy, recklessness, and dashing spirit , also one who is mischievous - those kids are little devils today
5.
- fellow usually used in the phrases poor devil, lucky devil
6.
a) something very trying or provoking - having a devil of a time with this problem
b) severe criticism or rebuke - hell used with the I'll probably catch the devil for this
c) the difficult, deceptive, or problematic part of something - the devil is in the details
7.
- dust devil
8.
Christian Science the opposite of Truth a belief in sin, sickness, and death - evil error
transitive verb
1.
to season highly - deviled eggs
2.
- tease annoy
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
devil (noun)the supreme personification of evil often represented as the ruler of hell
SYNONIMS:
archfiend, Beelzebub, fiend, Lucifer, Old Nick, Satan, serpentRELATED WORDS:
deuce, dickens; Mephistopheles2.
an evil spirit
SYNONIMS:
cacodemon, devil, fiend, ghost, ghoul, ghoulie, imp, shaitanRELATED WORDS:
hag [], lamia, vampire; incubus, nightmare, succubus; afreet ( afrit), genie, jinni ( jinn djinni djinn); apparition, banshee, bogey ( bogie bogy), bugbear, familiar, familiar spirit, genius, phantasm ( fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter ( spectre), spirit, spook, vision, wraith; brownie, dwarf, elf, faerie ( faery), fairy, fay, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hobgoblin, kobold, leprechaun, pixie ( pixy), puck, sprite, troll; monster, ogreNEAR ANTONYMS:
angel3.
a member of the human race
SYNONIMS:
baby, being, bird, bod, body, character, cookie ( cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, face, fish, guy, head, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, scout, slob, sort, soul, specimen, stiff, thing, wightRELATED WORDS:
hominid, homo, humanoid; brother, fellow, fellowman, neighbor; celebrity, personality, self, somebodyNEAR ANTONYMS:
animal, beast, beastie, brute, critter4.
an appealingly mischievous person
SYNONIMS:
devil, hellion, imp, mischief, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, urchinRELATED WORDS:
cutup, larker, madcap, skylarker; ragamuffin; brat, disrupter, misbehaver, nuisance; juvenile delinquent; gamin, gamineNEAR ANTONYMS:
beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, joker, louse, lout, skunk, snake, stinkard, stinker; knave, miscreant, reprobate, scalawag ( scallywag), scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, villain5.
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
SYNONIMS:
baddie ( baddy), 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, wretchRELATED WORDS:
villainess; blackguard; criminal, crook, culprit, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, perp, perpetrator, transgressor; sinner, trespasser, wrongdoer; cad, heel, serpent, snake, viper; bandit, bravo, desperado, outlaw; con, convict, jailbird; assassin, cutthroat, gangster, goon, gunman, hoodlum, hooligan, racketeer, ruffian, thug; rough, rowdy, tough; loser, lowlife, ne'er-do-well, stinker, trashNEAR ANTONYMS:
angel, innocent, saint; hero6.
a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear
SYNONIMS:
devil, madcap, madmanRELATED WORDS:
berserk ( berserker), cowboy, hotdog, showboat