Definition of knave

"knave" in the noun sense

1. rogue, knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, varlet

a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

2. jack, knave

one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince

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Quotations for knave

More knave than fool. [ Proverb ]

An old knave is no babe. [ Proverb ]

Once a knave, always a knave. [ Proverb ]

Better be a fool than a knave. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

An open knave is a great fool. [ Proverb ]

A crafty knave needs no broker. [ Proverb quoted in Hen. VI ]

A knave discovered is a great fool. [ Proverb ]

The more knave, the better fortune. [ Proverb ]

There I caught a knave in a purse-net. [ Proverb ]

It is better to be nothing than a knave. [ M. Antoninus ]

If ye would know a knave, give him a staff. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Better kiss a knave than be troubled with him. [ Proverb ]

With a fool and a knave there is no conclusion. [ Proverb ]

No matter what religion a knave or a fool is of. [ Proverb ]

Drunkards have a fool's tongue and a knave's heart. [ Proverb ]

He that lives a knave will hardly die an honest man. [ Proverb ]

It is as hard a thing to please a knave as a knight. [ Proverb ]

Every one is glad to see a knave caught in his own trap. [ Proverb ]

Honest men are soon bound, but you can never bind a knave. [ Proverb ]

It is a bad thing to be a knave, but worse to be found out. [ Italian Proverb ]

Set a stool in the sun, when one knave rises another comes. [ Proverb ]

When a knave is in a plum tree he hath neither friend nor kin. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

To be a fool or knave in print, does but bring the truth to light. [ Proverb ]

An honest man, sir, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. [ William Shakespeare ]

The great chastisement of a knave is not to be known, but to know himself. [ J. Petit-Senn ]

The world is not so much knave, that it holds honesty to be a vice and a folly. [ Proverb ]

That knave preserves the pearl in his purse who considers all people purse-cuts. [ Saadi ]

I am always afraid of a fool. One cannot be sure that he is not a knave as well. [ Hazlitt ]

A fool is often as dangerous to deal with as a knave, and always more incorrigible. [ Colton ]

It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave than to expend it like a gentleman. [ Colton ]

Commend a fool for his wit or a knave for his honesty, and he will receive you into his bosom. [ Fielding ]

Commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they will receive you into their bosom. [ Fielding ]

Commend a fool for his wit and a knave for his honesty, and they will receive you into their bosoms. [ Field ]

Out of his surname they have coined an epithet for a knave, and out of his Christian name a synonyme for the Devil. [ Macaulay ]

Revenge is a debt, in the paying o( which the greatest knave is honest and sincere, and, so far as he is able, punctual. [ Colton ]

The heart never grows better by age, I fear rather worse; always harder. A young liar will be an old one; and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older. [ Chesterfield ]

knave in Scrabble®

The word knave is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters knave:

KNAVE
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word knave

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The 145 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In knave

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knave in Words With Friends™

The word knave is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters knave:

KNAVE
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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word knave

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The 166 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In knave

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Words within the letters of knave

2 letter words in knave (2 words)

3 letter words in knave (2 words)

4 letter words in knave (3 words)

5 letter words in knave (1 word)

knave + 1 blank (1 word)

knave + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence knave

Words that start with knave (3 words)

Words with knave in them (1 word)

Words that end with knave (1 word)

Word Growth involving knave

Shorter words in knave

nave

Longer words containing knave

knavery

knaves