Usually means: Antagonist with harmful or evil intentions.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. bad guy: Merriam-Webster
  2. bad guy: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bad guy: Vocabulary.com
  4. bad-guy: Wordnik
  5. bad guy: Wiktionary
  6. bad guy: Dictionary.com
  7. Bad Guy (Billie Eilish song), Bad Guy (Eminem song), Bad Guy (TV series), Bad Guy (album), Bad Guy (disambiguation), Bad Guy (song), Bad Guy, Bad guy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. bad guy: Rhymezone
  9. bad guy: FreeDictionary.org
  10. bad guy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. bad guy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. bad guy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  13. bad guy: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Bad Guy, bad guy: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bad guy: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bad guy)

▸ noun:  (informal) a villain, particularly an antagonist in a story.

Similar:
black hat, heavy, villain, baddie, bad boy, baddy, badnik, bad lot, bad actor, bad-ass, more...

Opposite:
good guy, hero, protagonist

Types:
terrorist, murderer, thief, arsonist, burglar, more...

Phrases:
Mr. Bad Guy, Bart the Bad Guy, video game bad guy, bad guy disguised as good guy, bad guy disguised as good guy, more...

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Similar:
black hat, heavy, villain, baddie, bad boy, baddy, badnik, bad lot, bad actor, bad-ass, more...

Opposite:
good guy, hero, protagonist

Types:
terrorist, murderer, thief, arsonist, burglar, more...

Phrases:
Mr. Bad Guy, Bart the Bad Guy, video game bad guy, bad guy disguised as good guy, bad guy disguised as good guy, middle earth bad guy, bad guy smile, a bad guy, more...



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