Synonyms for ruthless
ˈruθ lɪsruth·less

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1. ruthless

   Synonyms:
   unpitying, unrelenting, truculent, unsparing

   Antonyms:
   tender, regretful, lenient, compassionate, forbearing, long-suffering

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1. pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, unpityingadjective

   without mercy or pity

   "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty"

   Synonyms:
   unpitying, remorseless, pitiless, unkind

   Antonyms:
   merciful

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1. ruthlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   merciless, pitiless, cruel, uncompassionate, unpitying, unmerciful, relentless, unrelenting, inexorable, barbarous, fell, savage, ferocious, inhuman, hard-hearted

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1. ruthlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   pitiless, cruel, truculent, relentless, implacable, fell, hard-hearted

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1. List of paraphrases for "ruthless":

   merciless, unscrupulous, relentless, unforgiving, implacable, pitiless, callous, unmerciful, cruel, brutal, heartless, reckless, unrelenting, vicious, savage, stone-cold, cut-throat, wild, inexorable

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1. Warren Buffett:

   Lose money for the firm, and I will be understanding ; lose a shred of reputation for the firm, and I will be ruthless.

2. Kingman Brewster, Jr.:

   Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.

3. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson:

   Nothing is as difficult as to achieve results in this world if one is filled full of great tolerance and the milk of human kindness. The person who achieves must generally be a one-ideaed individual, concentrated entirely on that one idea, and ruthless in his aspect toward other men and other ideas.

4. Lynn Maalouf:

   Only a few weeks after the ruthless killing of Jamal Khashoggi, these shocking reports of torture, sexual harassment and other forms of ill-treatment, if verified, expose further outrageous human rights violations by the Saudi authorities.

5. Rex Tillerson:

   He may be ruthless, he may be a murderer. He may be someone who, in many respects, we would say by our standards is irrational. But he is not insane.