Synonyms for prey
prey

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1. prey

   Synonyms:
   spoil, booty, plunder, rapine, pillage, victim, seizure, loot

   Antonyms:
   earnings, hues, rights

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1. prey, quarry, target, fair gamenoun

   a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

   "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt"

   Synonyms:
   object, target, quarry, fair game, target area, pit, aim, butt, mark, objective, stone pit

2. prey, quarryverb

   animal hunted or caught for food

   Synonyms:
   quarry, pit, fair game, target, stone pit

3. prey, feedverb

   profit from in an exploitatory manner

   "He feeds on her insecurity"

   Synonyms:
   fertilise, run, give, eat, feed, raven, feed in, course, fertilize, feast, flow, predate

4. raven, prey, predateverb

   prey on or hunt for

   "These mammals predate certain eggs"

   Synonyms:
   guttle, pig, forego, antedate, feed, forgo, raven, antecede, foredate, precede, devour, predate

Matched Categories

1. • Forage

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1. preynoun

   Synonyms:
   plunder (to satisfy the appetite), spoil, BOOTY, pillage, rapine, ravin

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1. preynoun

   Synonyms:
   spoil, loot, plunder, booty, victim, quarry, captive, depredation, ravage, spoliation

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1. List of paraphrases for "prey":

   plagued, beset, grip, quarry, byte

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1. Lana Wachowski:

   We are not predators, we are prey.

2. Josh Hawley:

   Social media and video games prey on user addiction, siphoning our kids' attention from the real world and extracting profits from fostering compulsive habits, no matter this business model's advantages to the tech industry, one thing is clear : there is no excuse for exploiting children through such practices.

3. Valerie Natress:

   There is nothing worse than falling prey To someone else's confusion.

4. Mahabharata:

   Death comes, and makes a man his prey, A man whose powers are yet unspent; Like one on gathering flowers intent, Whose thoughts are turned another way. Begin betimes to practise good, Lest fate surprise thee unawares Amid thy round of schemes and cares; To-morrow?s task to-day conclude.*

5. Paul Ryan:

   This party does not prey on people’s prejudices, we believe all people are created equal in the eyes of God and our government. This is fundamental. And if someone wants to be our nominee, they must understand this.