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archfiend

arch·fiend
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ahrch-feend]
    • /ˈɑrtʃˈfind/
    • /ˈɑːtʃ.ˈfiːnd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ahrch-feend]
    • /ˈɑrtʃˈfind/

Definitions of archfiend word

  • noun archfiend a chief fiend 3
  • noun archfiend a chief fiend. 1
  • noun archfiend Satan. 1
  • noun archfiend A chief fiend, especially the Devil. 1
  • noun archfiend a diabolically evil person. 0

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Origin of archfiend

First appearance:

before 1660
One of the 46% oldest English words
First recorded in 1660-70; arch-1 + fiend

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Parts of speech for Archfiend

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

archfiend popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

archfiend usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for archfiend

noun archfiend

  • beast — You can refer to an animal as a beast, especially if it is a large, dangerous, or unusual one.
  • demon — A demon is an evil spirit.
  • devil — In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the Devil is the most powerful evil spirit.
  • ghoul — an evil demon, originally of Muslim legend, supposed to feed on human beings, and especially to rob graves, prey on corpses, etc.
  • monster — a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.

Antonyms for archfiend

noun archfiend

  • antichrist — the antagonist of Christ, expected by early Christians to appear and reign over the world until overthrown at Christ's Second Coming
  • apollyon — the destroyer, a name given to the Devil (Revelation 9:11)
  • beelzebub — a god of the Philistines (2 Kings 1:2)
  • mephistopheles — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.

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