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/ˈvændəl/ · noun
A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages things, especially other people's property..
Vandals spray-painted obscenities on the side of the building.
The anonymous vandal was blocked after going on a vandalism spree.
Use vandal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Vandal means A person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages things, especially other people's property..
Common synonyms include destroyer, ruiner, wrecker, vandalizer.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Vandals spray-painted obscenities on the side of the building.
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