Thesaurus:killer
THESAURUS | killer |
English
Synonyms
- homicider
- killer
Hyponyms
- —
- archmurderer
- assassin
- assassinator
- bane
- bloodshedder
- bravo
- butcher
- contract killer
- deathmonger
- head hunter
- head-hunter
- headhunter
- hitman
- hatchetman
- mass murderer
- massacrer
- murderer
- murderess
- ripper
- serial killer
- slayer
- spree killer
- trigger man
- —
- cannibal
- despatcher
- dispatcher
- euthaniser
- euthanizer
- exterminator
- hunter
- man-eater
- man-killer
- slaughterer
- —
- manslaughterer
- manslayer
- suicider
- —
- archer
- cutthroat
- disemboweller
- drowner
- eviscerator
- garroter
- gunman
- lyncher
- shooter
- smotherer
- sniper
- stabber
- strangler
- swordsman
- poisoner
- beheader
- —
- carnifex
- electrocutioner
- executioner
- hangman
- headsman
Antonyms
- healer
- life giver
Various
- fighter
- mercenary [WS]
- soldier [WS]
- terrorist
- warrior
See also
- Thesaurus:kill
- Thesaurus:killing
- Thesaurus:criminal
Further reading
- 165. “destroyer” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- 361. “killing” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “killer” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.