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super-villain

super-villain is the alternative form of supervillain.

Meaning of supervillain

Noun

supervillain (plural supervillains)

  1. A fantasy-fiction criminal or evildoer, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature who can present a credible challenge for a superhero.
    • The US spy tech company Palantir published a manifesto extolling the benefits of American power and implying some cultures are inferior to others – in what MPs have called “a parody of a RoboCop film” and “the ramblings of a supervillain”.2026 April 21, Aisha Down, Robert Booth, “Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of super-villain

pluralsuper-villains

Questions about super-villain

What is super-villain the alternative form of?
Super-villain is the alternative form of supervillain.

Words near super-villain in the dictionary

  1. super-Tuscans
  2. super-ultimate
  3. super-unbelievable
  4. super-user
  5. super-users
  6. super-villain
  7. super-villains
  8. super-weapon
  9. super-weapons
  10. superabilities
  11. superability

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Adapted from Wiktionary: super-villain (page history and authors); supervillain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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