Synonyms for vulture
ˈvʌl tʃərvul·ture

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. vulturenoun

   any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion

   Synonyms:
   marauder, predator, piranha

2. marauder, predator, vulture, piranhanoun

   someone who attacks in search of booty

   Synonyms:
   piranha, predator, predatory animal, marauder, pirana, caribe

Matched Categories

1. • Attacker
   • Bird Of Prey

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "vulture":

   vautour, buzzard, two-bit

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1. Bernie Sanders:

   It is morally reprehensible that Wall Street vulture funds are demanding that Puerto Rico fire even more teachers, close more schools, cut pensions and slash the minimum wage so that they can reap huge profits off the misery of the people of Puerto Rico.

2. Michihiro Kono:

   We are a company in the boondocks and so we didn't know that much about crowd-funding. We did not have a very good image. We thought of takeovers like vulture funds, but it turned out to be a great system for a company like us.

3. Erik Gordon:

   Existing shareholders are not taking $400 million worth of dilution. It’s like a standby commitment on the part of YA to buy stock when Lordstown says it needs more money, i was surprised. It’s more like the knight in shining armor than the vulture at the carcass.

4. Yigal Miller:

   We raise the vulture chicks... and after several years we release them to nature.

5. Suzy Kassem:

   Fear the vulture and the vulture will come. Fear nothing and you are the vulture.