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EXECUTIONER Synonyms

There are 10 synonyms of the word executioner. (exact relations)
There are 2 hypernyms of the word executioner. (close relations)
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assassin
nounn
noun

• a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed

• a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders

butcher
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a retailer of meat

• a brutal indiscriminate murderer

• a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market

• someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

verb

• kill (animals) usually for food consumption

garroter
verb, nounv, n
noun

• someone who kills by strangling

hangman
verb, nounv, n
noun

• an executioner who hangs the condemned person

headsman
nounn
noun

• an executioner who beheads the condemned person

killer
nounn
noun

• someone who causes the death of a person or animal

• the causal agent resulting in death

• a difficulty that is hard to deal with

• predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas

slaughterer
nounn
noun

• a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market

slayer
nounn
noun

• someone who causes the death of a person or animal

strangler
nounn
noun

• an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree

• someone who kills by strangling

public executioner
nounn
noun

• an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant

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killer slayer

Alternatives for ASSASSIN

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