ATTACKER Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word attacker. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for ATTACKER
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aggressor | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who attacks • a confident assertive person who acts as instigator | ||||||||
assailant | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who attacks | ||||||||
assaulter | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who attacks | ||||||||
antagonist | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who offers opposition • a muscle that relaxes while another contracts • a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug | ||||||||
enemy | nounn | |||||||
noun • an opposing military force • an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) • any hostile group of people • a personal enemy | ||||||||
foe | nounn | |||||||
noun • an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) • a personal enemy | ||||||||
intruder | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission | ||||||||
invader | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who enters by force in order to conquer | ||||||||
mugger | nounn | |||||||
noun • a robber who takes property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed (usually on the street) | ||||||||
offender | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who transgresses moral or civil law | ||||||||
raider | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) • a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management | ||||||||
raiders | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) • a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management | ||||||||
forward | verb, adverbv, adv | |||||||
adjective • at or near or directed toward the front • used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty • of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle noun • the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey • a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team adverb • at or to or toward the front; forward • forward in time or order or degree • toward the future; forward in time • in a forward direction • near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane adjective satellite • moving forward verb • send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit | ||||||||
striker | nounn | |||||||
noun • a forward on a soccer team • someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating • an employee on strike against an employer • someone who hits • the part of a mechanical device that strikes something |