Synonyms for murderer
ˈmɜr dər ərmur·der·er

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. murderer, liquidator, manslayernoun

   a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

   Synonyms:
   receiver, liquidator, manslayer

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. murderernoun

   Synonyms:
   slaughterer, assassin, slayer, killer, butcher, cut-throat

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. murderernoun

   Synonyms:
   homicide

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "murderer":

   assassin, killer, deadly, murderous, murder, lethal, kiiler, reputed, homicidal, callin, perp, slayer, unsub, shooter, mass-murderer

How to pronounce murderer?

How to say murderer in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use murderer in a sentence?

1. Graham Greene:

   A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous.

2. Ruth Neave:

   I have to live every day as it comes, it is heartbreaking to believe that police got so near to finding my sons murderer but as each day, each week, and each month slips by it is getting harder to believe his killer will be found and brought to justice.

3. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders:

   If somebody has a gun and it falls into the hands of a murderer and the murderer kills somebody with a gun, do you hold the gun manufacturer responsible? Not any more than you would hold a hammer company responsible if somebody beats somebody over the head with a hammer. That is not what a lawsuit should be about.

4. Ray Wantorcik:

   My brother was left to rot, mutilated, decomposing, while the murderer was enjoying life with his disemboweled body in the next room. I cannot shut that memory off.

5. Kahlil Gibran:

   Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills