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Predator

/ˈpɹɛd.ə.təɹ/

Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms (their prey), primarily for food.

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📖 Definitions of "Predator"

noun

1
Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
2
Someone who attacks and plunders for gain.
3
A sexual predator.

🔄 Synonyms of "Predator"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
maraudernoun	Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
vulturenoun	Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
predatory animalnoun	any animal that lives by preying on other animals

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Predator"

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Word	Definition
vulturenoun	Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
maraudernoun	Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
predatory animalnoun	any animal that lives by preying on other animals
predationnoun	(zoology) The preying of one animal on others.
predaceous	Surviving by preying on other animals.
predatory	Living by preying on other living animals.
raptornoun	A bird of prey.
sharknoun	(ichthyology, countable) Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
cricketnoun	(sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
preynoun	A living thing, usually an animal, that is eaten by another living thing.
piratenoun	(crime) A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
perpetratornoun	One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.
stalkernoun	A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.
carnivorenoun	An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.
hunternoun	One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
killernoun	One who or that which kills.
man-eaternoun	An animal that attacks and kills humans for food, such as certain tigers or sharks; any animal that consumes human flesh.
prowlernoun	A person who moves stealthily around a place with intention to commit a crime, especially burglary or theft.
depredatornoun	One who depredates, or commits depredation.
aggressornoun	The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.