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assassin - 8 thesaurus results
Main Entry: assassin
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: murderer of prominent or important person
Synonyms: butcher*, clipper*, executioner, guerrilla*, gun*, killer, soldier, dropper, eliminator, enforcer, gun person, hatchet person, hit person, liquidator, piece person, plugger, slayer, torpedo*, trigger person
Antonyms: victim
Main Entry: enemy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: someone hated or competed against
Synonyms: adversary, agent, antagonist, assailant, assassin, attacker, bandit, betrayer, competitor, criminal, detractor, fifth column, foe, guerrilla, informer, invader, murderer, opponent, opposition, rebel, revolutionary, rival, spy, terrorist, traitor, villain, archenemy, asperser, backbiter, bad person, calumniator, contender, defamer, defiler, disputant, emulator, falsifier, inquisitor, other side, prosecutor, saboteur, seditionist, slanderer, traducer, vilifier
Antonyms: aide, ally, assistant, confidante, friend, helper
Main Entry: hit man
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hired killer
Synonyms: assassin, butcher, executioner, gunman, hatchet man, hired gun*, hired gun, killer, marksman, murderer, sniper, contract killer, hired killer, markswoman, professional killer, rifleman, shooter, trigger man, triggerman
Main Entry: killer
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: murderer
Synonyms: assassin, butcher, executioner, hunter, soldier, cut-throat, exterminator, gunman/woman, gunperson, hit person, hit-man/woman, slayer
Main Entry: murderer
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who kills
Synonyms: assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, executioner, homicide, killer, soldier, enforcer, hit person, hit-and-run, manslaughterer, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, trigger person
Main Entry: thug
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hoodlum
Synonyms: assassin, bandit, bully, criminal, delinquent, gangster, goon*, gunman, hood, hooligan, killer, mobster, murderer, punk, rowdy, ruffian, troublemaker, gang member, gorilla, hired killer, professional killer, rioter
Main Entry: hired gun
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: professional killer
Synonyms: assassin, butcher, executioner, gunman, hatchet man, hit man, killer, murderer, sniper, contract killer, hired killer, trigger man
Main Entry: destroyer
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: a destructive agent
Synonyms: assassin, bomber, cancer, executioner, firebrand, iconoclast, poison, radiation, savage, vandal, annihilator, chemotherapy, demolisher, despoiler, eradicator, exterminator, pillager, ransacker, slaughterer, wrecker
Antonyms: author, creator, restorer
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