bad guy

noun

bad guy

noun

1

Informal a villain, particularly an antagonist in a story.

Perversely, we love John Wick himself. That lethal, bereaved assassin is a good bad guy for our times, the natural extension of Tony Soprano, Walter White and all the other heroic antiheroes the culture has embraced.2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2026:

Synonyms: villain
Antonyms: good guy
Related terms: bad boy, bad girl, baddie

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