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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical, US) A violence-prone man who has had run-ins with the law; especially one from the Old West days of U.S. history..
Billy the Kid was a badman.
Use bad man when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bad man means (historical, US) A violence-prone man who has had run-ins with the law; especially one from the Old West days of U.S. history..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Billy the Kid was a badman.
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