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Slayer

/ˈsleɪə/

A killer; a murderer; someone who slays

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📖 Definitions of "Slayer"

noun

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A killer; a murderer; someone who slays

🔄 Synonyms of "Slayer"

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Word	Definition
killernoun	One who or that which kills.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Slayer"

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Word	Definition
killernoun	One who or that which kills.
murderernoun	A person who commits murder.
hitmannoun	A male contract killer, especially one paid by a mafia.
gunmannoun	A criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer.
hitternoun	One who or that which hits.
gunfighternoun	A person who engages in gunfights; a gunslinger.
shooternoun	Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc.
doernoun	Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.
unsubnoun	Abbreviation of unsubscription. [The act of unsubscribing.]
tyrantnoun	A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
bulgarnoun	A member of a migratory Turkic people from Central Asia who conquered Moesia in the 7th century and settled what is now Bulgaria, and some of whom then migrated to the Volga basin to establish Volga Bulgaria.
assassinnoun	Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.
argusnoun	(Greek mythology) A mythical being, also called Argos or Argus Panoptes, with many eyes, a watchman who served Hera; his eyes were later transplanted to the peacock's tail.
dragonnoun	A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.
self-slayernoun	One who slays oneself; self-killer.
slashernoun	(informal, film) A horror movie with graphic blood and violence; a slasher movie.
manslayernoun	One who commits homicide or manslaughter
butcherernoun	One who butchers; a brutal or indiscriminate killer.
bloodsheddernoun	One who sheds blood; a murderer.
slaughterernoun	A butcher (as a profession or job).