🔄 Synonyms of "Prey"
5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| quarrynoun | (mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate. |
| ravennoun | (countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven (Corvus corax). |
| feednoun | (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat. |
| fair gamenoun | (idiomatic) An acceptable subject or target for criticism, scrutiny, mockery, or attack. |
| targetnoun | A goal or objective. |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| fair gamenoun | (idiomatic) An acceptable subject or target for criticism, scrutiny, mockery, or attack. |
| targetnoun | A goal or objective. |
| feednoun | (uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals. |
| quarrynoun | (mining) A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate. |
| ravennoun | (countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven (Corvus corax). |
| robberynoun | (crime) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force. |
| attacknoun | An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy. |
| killnoun | The act of killing. |
| gripnoun | A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand. |
| victimnoun | One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular: |
| pronenoun | Alternative form of Prome (“the city of Pyay”). [Former name of Pyay, Myanmar.] |
| hostagenoun | A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage. |
| predatory | Living by preying on other living animals. |
| predationnoun | (zoology) The preying of one animal on others. |
| hold-upnoun | (slang) A robbery at gunpoint. |
| besetverb | (transitive, sometimes figurative) To attack or assail, especially from all sides. |
| gamenoun | A playful or competitive activity. |
| plagued | Constantly afflicted or relentlessly attacked (by someone or something). |
| trapped | Caught in a trap. |
| filled | (followed by with) That is now full. |
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