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. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall:

   On December 22, 1991, Bill Lynn was wrapping Christmas gifts for Bill Lynn grandchildren when Bill Lynn was ambushed outside Bill Lynn home, slashed and stabbed with a sword dozens of times, bill Lynn killer has dodged his death sentence for the better part of three decades by employing much the same strategy he has pursued tonight -- desperately clinging to legal maneuverings to avoid facing the consequences of his heinous crime.

2. Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

   ...a sword never kills anybody it's a tool in the killer's hand.

3. Ross County Prosecutor Matt Schmidt:

   At this point, there’s no smoking gun that says, ‘Hey, we’ve got a serial killer on the loose,’ we have missing people and we have a homicide. There are certainly people talking in the community and people that are upset and understandably concerned about that. When there are those concerns, we don’t rule that out. We have to keep an open mind to the possibilities, but the evidence is going to dictate where we go with the investigation.

4. Joe Calvello:

   John does not believe that Mumia Abu-Jamal deserves a second chance nor should any cop killer get a second chance, he will never stand up for a cop killer in any way, shape or form. John worked hand in hand with the police as mayor of Braddock, and he knows how hard and dangerous their job is.

5. Nicolas Martin, www.iatrogenic.org:

   The headline reads, "Docs say patients make them prescribe useless antibiotics." This puts a physician in roughly the same predicament as a serial killer. The latter says, "Stop me before I kill again, while the former says, "Stop me before I prescribe again."