Thesaurus:killer

Thesaurus

killer

English

Noun

Sense: person who kills or has killed another person

Synonyms

• homicide
• homicider
• killer

Hyponyms

•   —
• archmurderer
• assassin
• assassinator
• bane
• bloodshedder
• bravo
• butcher
• contract killer
• deathmonger
• femicide
• 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
• suicide    [⇒ thesaurus]
• suicidee    [⇒ thesaurus]
• suicider
•   —
• archer
• cutthroat
• disemboweller
• drowner
• eviscerator
• garroter
• gunman
• lyncher
• shooter
• smotherer
• sniper
• stabber
• strangler
• swordsman
• poisoner
• beheader
•   —
• carnifex
• electrocutioner
• executioner    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hangman
• headsman

Antonyms

• healer
• life giver

Various

• fighter
• mercenary    [⇒ thesaurus]
• soldier    [⇒ thesaurus]
• 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.