devil

n

1.(sometimes cap.)Evil One, Wicked One, Spirit of Evil, prince of darkness, prince of sinners, monarch of hell, prince of liars; Lord of the Flies, Lord of Vermin, the Serpent, the dragon, the goat, seirizzin, the dickens, the deuce; Adversary, Tempter, Foul Fiend, Archfiend, Archdemon; Old One, Old Bogy, Old Boy, Old Scratch; Old Harry, Old Davy, Nick, Old Nick; All Scot. the Auld Ane, the Deil, Auld Clubfoot, Auld Nick.

2.Lucifer, Satan, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub, Satan, Sathanas; Moloch, Belial, Clootie, Samael, Scot.Hornie, Japanese Myth.Oni, Jewish Myth.Asmodeus; Abaddon, Apollyon, Diabolus, Azazel, Islamic Myth.Elbis, Iblis.

3. evil spirit, cacodemon, genie, djinn. See demon(def.1).

4. brute, savage, beast, monster, barbarian; witch, shrew, hag, hellcat, vixen, Xanthippe; virago, crone, ogress, Sl. battle-ax. See demon(def. 2).

5. fox, sly dog, slyboots, dodger, Artful Dodger, reynard; trickster, Sl. shyster, Inf. slick or smooth operator, Inf.Philadelphia lawyer, horse-trader; sweet talker, charmer, confidence man, Sl. con man, Sl. smoothie.

6. wretch, unfortunate, beggar; bum, tramp, hobo, vagabond; ragamuffin, urchin, tatterdemalion, ragpicker.