Synonyms for killer
ˈkɪl ərkiller

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1. killernoun

   Excellent, very good.

   Synonyms:
   murderer, assassin

2. killernoun

   A diacritic mark used in Indic scripts to suppress an inherent vowel (e.g., the Hindi viram, the Bengali or Oriya hasanta) or render the entire syllable silent (e.g., the Burmese virama, the Khmer toandakhiat).

   Synonyms:
   vowel killer, halant, virama

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. killer, slayernoun

   someone who causes the death of a person or animal

   Synonyms:
   orca, killer whale, grampus, sea wolf, cause of death, slayer

2. cause of death, killernoun

   the causal agent resulting in death

   "heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States"

   Synonyms:
   slayer, orca, killer whale, grampus, sea wolf, cause of death

3. killernoun

   a difficulty that is hard to deal with

   "that exam was a real killer"

   Synonyms:
   orca, killer whale, grampus, sea wolf, cause of death, slayer

4. killer whale, killer, orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orcanoun

   predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas

   Synonyms:
   cause of death, slayer, killer whale, grampus, sea wolf, orca

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. killernoun

   Synonyms:
   slayer, murderer, butcher, assassin, assassinator, executor, destroyer

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "killer":

   murderer, assassin, slayer, unsub, kiiler, shooter, deadly, hitter, sharkslayer, gunfighter, hitman, fatal, doer, gunman

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1. Bill Browder:

   I believe Vladimir Putin is a stone-cold killer.

2. Dave Reichert:

   We were pretty surprised that Ted Bundy would write to the task force, he made it very clear what his purpose was in his letter. What he wanted to do, according to his description, was to get us into the mind of a serial killer. But we knew, just by the way the letter was written and the words he used, that he was just injecting himself into the situation, trying to find out as much as he could about the case.

3. Patrick Haggan:

   That killer took pleasure in what he did that night, he wanted his victims to see it coming.

4. Patrick Reilly:

   The Petito family lost their daughter, and they were also denied the opportunity to confront her killer, no amount of money is sufficient to compensate the Petito family for the loss of their daughter, Gabby, at the hands of Brain Laundrie.

5. John Andrew Ramsey:

   My father has been on the hunt for 24 years. The least I can do is help out. And now, when we look at the advancement in technology and forensic science, it’s hugely encouraging. We’re hoping to finally put the pieces together and end up with the killer.