Arch
Arch adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Bad
Bad adjective - Engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior.
Usage example: the children were bad, so they didn't get dessert
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Freddy's Nightmares: This anthology series hosted by A Nightmare on Elm Street arch-villain Freddy Krueger featured several episodes where Freddy himself was the bad guy.
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He was, after all, her original Golden Age arch enemy, and is the biggest bad in her rogues gallery.
Source: Arch Enemy / Comic Books -
Arch-Enemy: Plenty of examples, but the Celebrity editions tend to be particularly bad for this.
Source: Series / The Apprentice
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Bad and Arch. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/arch/bad
Arch & Bad. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/arch/bad>.
Bad or Arch. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/arch/bad.
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