symbol, token, emblem, seal, signet, coat of arms, in-signe, badge. 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. devilish, adj. 1. diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, ghoulish; satanic, Mephistophelian, demonic, demoni-an, demoniac, demoniacal, cacodemonic; infernal, hellish.
2. damnable, accursed, execrable, abominable, horrible, horrid, hideous, monstrous, atrocious; base, vile, odious, obnoxious, villainous, sinister; wicked, iniquitous, evil, sinful, impious, Obs. scelerous, blackhearted, corrupt, depraved, Archaic, facinorous; reprobate, nefarious, flagitious, heinous; profligate, immoral, dissolute, vitiated, perverted, perverse; pestilential, malevolent, malicious, malign, maleficent, venomous, virulent; dire, black, dreadful, baleful.
3. merciless, heartless, hard-hearted, stony-hearted, unkind, unfeeling, cruel; relentless, unrelenting, unsparing, remorseless.
4. impish, mischievous, elfish, prankish; vexatious, troublesome, naughty, annoying.
5. Informal, excessive, great, enormous; terrible, awful. See excessive, enormous. devil-may-care, adj. 1. reckless, careless, heedless, wanton, rash, foolhardy; temerarious, headlong, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, breakneck.
2. rollicking, swaggering, roistering, swash-buckling; sporty, jaunty, gay, saucy, pert; raffish, rakehell, profligate, prodigal, dissolute, disreputable; shameless, barefaced, unabashed; impudent, impertinent, forward, fresh, audacious.
3. indifferent, cavalier, offhand, nonchalant; easy-come-easy-go, easygoing, lackadaisical, casual; carefree, insouciant, pococurante, unconcerned, unworried; flippant, frivolous, shallow. deviltry, n. 1. mischievousness, mischief, foul play, devilry, Inf. goings-on; villainy, knavery, rascality, roguery.
2. wickedness, diabolicalness, fiendishness, satanical-ness, hellishness, infernality; evil, iniquity, improbity, vice; maliciousness, villainousness, malevolence, viciousness, nefariousness, flagitiousness, heinousness.
3. black magic, black art, witchcraft, sorcery, diablerie, devious, adj. 1. indirect, roundabout, circumven-