Need another word that means the same as “assassin”? Find 11 synonyms and 30 related words for “assassin” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Assassin” are: assassinator, bravo, murderer, killer, executioner, gunman, butcher, slaughterer, liquidator, exterminator, terminator
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “assassin” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| assassinator | A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed. Assassinators of kings and emperors. |
| bravo | A cry of bravo. Bravos rang out. |
| butcher | A brutal indiscriminate murderer. A pork butcher. |
| executioner | An official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant. |
| exterminator | Someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects. He became an exterminator of pumas tracking them down in dark caverns. |
| gunman | A professional killer who uses a gun. A gang of masked gunmen. |
| killer | Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas. The shift system was a killer. |
| liquidator | A person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties. |
| murderer | A criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being. Convicted murderers. |
| slaughterer | A person who slaughters or dresses meat for market. |
| terminator | Someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects. |
| accused | A defendant in a criminal proceeding. The accused was ordered to stand trial on a number of charges. |
| assassinate | Destroy or damage seriously, as of someone’s reputation. The organization s leader had been assassinated four months before the coup. |
| assassination | The action of assassinating someone. A wave of bombings and assassinations. |
| assault | A physical attack. He pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer. |
| attempted | Tried unsuccessfully. Attempted murder. |
| chartered | (of an aircraft or ship) having been hired. The chartered buses arrived on time. |
| collusion | Collusion between ostensible opponents in a lawsuit. The armed forces were working in collusion with drug traffickers. |
| conscienceless | Lacking a conscience. Brash unprincipled and conscienceless. |
| conspirator | A person who takes part in a conspiracy. Conspirators had planned to seize the state. |
| convict | A person who has been convicted of a criminal offense. Twelve people were convicted for their part in an attempted coup. |
| culpable | Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious. Mercy killings are less culpable than ordinary murders. |
| dispatch | A report sent in from abroad by a journalist. It was done with dispatch. |
| employed | (of a person) having a paid job. Up to 40 per cent of employed people are in part time jobs. |
| genocide | Systematic killing of a racial or cultural group. News of genocides went unreported. |
| hired | Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers. Hired hands. |
| homicide | A murderer. He was charged with homicide. |
| killer | The causal agent resulting in death. There s a killer on the loose. |
| killing | Extremely funny. A killing schedule. |
| massacre | Deliberately and brutally kill (many people. Thousands were brutally massacred by soldiers. |
| murderer | A person who commits murder. Convicted murderers. |
| psychopathic | Suffering from or constituting a chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behaviour. An obsessive attention to detail that looked almost psychopathic. |
| regicide | Someone who commits regicide the killer of a king. |
| slaughter | Kill (animals) usually for food consumption. At present the abattoir is slaughtering animals for the domestic market. |
| slay | Kill intentionally and with premeditation. You slayed at this quiz. |
| slayer | Someone who kills a person or animal in a violent way. A dragon slayer. |
| suicide | A person who commits suicide. A stretch of the line popular with would be suicides. |
| unconscionable | Not right or reasonable. Unconscionable spending. |
| wanted | Desired or wished for or sought. A wanted criminal. |
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