Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dickens

2 senses of dickens

Sense 1
devil, deuce, dickens -- (a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say")
       => exclamation, exclaiming -- (an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it")

Sense 2
Dickens, Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens -- (English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))