HUNTER Synonyms

• a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture

• a drink to follow immediately after another drink

• a professional killer who uses a gun

• a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)

• someone skilled in shooting

• someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another

• a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs)

• small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters

• someone who attacks in search of booty

• any animal that lives by preying on other animals

• a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture

• a person who pursues some plan or goal

• someone making a search or inquiry

• a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items

• large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America

• someone who engages in sports

• someone who walks with long stiff strides

• someone who stalks game

• someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions

• someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)

• (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation

• a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel

• a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal