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devil
noun as in demon
Strong matches
Beelzebub, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Satan, adversary, dastard, djinn, fiend, genie, hellion, imp, monster, ogre, rogue, villain
Weak matches
Prince of Darkness, archfiend, beast, common enemy, diablo, evil one, the Erinyes, the dickens
Example Sentences
Every shot is a stunner, from stark images of eerily spinning footballs to goalposts that loom like devil’s horns.
“I felt like the devil himself was coming against me to try to tear me apart, to punish me for believing in God,” she said.
“The devil is in the details,” Tan said.
Add a little lift to baked potato soup, toss it into egg salad, or punch up deviled eggs.
The father beat the son regularly, and scorned nonreligious music as the devil’s work.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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