Synonyms for cannibal
ˈkæn ə bəlcan·ni·bal

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1. cannibal, man-eater, anthropophagus, anthropophagitenoun

   a person who eats human flesh

   Synonyms:
   white shark, man-eater, anthropophagite, man-eating shark, great white shark, anthropophagus

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1. cannibaladjective

   Synonyms:
   anthropophagous

2. cannibalnoun

   Synonyms:
   anthropophagite

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "cannibal":

   cannibalistic, cannibalism

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1. Stanislaw Lec:

   Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork

2. Stanisław Jerzy Lec:

   Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

3. Bryan Fuller:

   NBC has allowed us to craft a television series that no other broadcast network would have dared, and kept us on the air for three seasons despite Cancelation Bear Chow ratings and images that would have shredded the eyeballs of lesser Standards Practices enforcers, [NBC Entertainment exec] Jen Salke and her team have been fantastic partners and creatively supportive beyond measure. 'Hannibal' is finishing his last course at NBC's table this summer, but a hungry cannibal can always dine again. And personally, I look forward to my next meal with NBC.

4. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The god of the cannibals will be a cannibal, of the crusaders a crusader, and of the merchants a merchant.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Heaven always bears some proportion to earth. The god of the cannibal will be a cannibal, of the crusades a crusader, and of the merchants a merchant.