| Main Entry: | killer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer |
Synonyms: |
assassin, butcher, cut-throat, executioner, exterminator, gunman/woman, gunperson, hit person, hit-man/woman, hunter, slayer, soldier |
| Main Entry: | assassin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer of prominent or important person |
Synonyms: |
butcher, clipper, dropper, eliminator, enforcer, executioner, guerrilla, gun person, gun*, hatchet person, hit person, killer, liquidator, piece person, plugger, slayer, soldier, torpedo, trigger person |
Antonyms: |
victim |
| Main Entry: | carcinogen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cancer-causing agent |
Synonyms: |
deadly chemical, health hazard, killer*, mutagen, poison, toxin |
| Main Entry: | competitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | willing to oppose |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, ambitious, antagonistic, at odds, combative, competing, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, emulous, killer instinct, killer*, opposing, rival, streetwise, vying |
Antonyms: |
noncompetitive, unambitious |
| Main Entry: | doozy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | winner |
Synonyms: |
beauty, humdinger, killer*, lulu, smash hit, something |
| Main Entry: | hit man |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hired killer |
Synonyms: |
assassin, butcher, contract killer, executioner, gunman, hatchet man, hired gun, hired gun, hired killer, killer, marksman, markswoman, murderer, professional killer, rifleman, shooter, sniper, trigger man, triggerman |
| Main Entry: | murderer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who kills |
Synonyms: |
assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit person, hit-and-run, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, soldier, trigger person |
| Main Entry: | ruthless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mean, heartless |
Synonyms: |
adamant, barbarous, brutal, callous, cold, cold-blooded, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, feral, ferocious, fierce, grim, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, ironfisted, killer, malevolent, merciless, mortal, obdurate, pitiless, rancorous, relentless, remorseless, revengeful, sadistic, savage, severe, stern, stony, surly, unappeasable, unfeeling, unforgiving, unmerciful, unrelenting, unsympathetic, unyielding, vicious, vindictive, without pity |
Antonyms: |
compassionate, considerate, gentle, giving, kind, nice, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | thug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hoodlum |
Synonyms: |
assassin, bandit, bully, criminal, delinquent, gang member, gangster, goon, gorilla, gunman, hired killer, hood, hooligan, killer, mobster, murderer, professional killer, punk, rioter, rowdy, ruffian, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | executioner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hangman |
Synonyms: |
death squad, electrocutioner, firing squad, garroter, hired gun, hit man, killer, lyncher, strangler |