EXECUTIONER Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word executioner. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for EXECUTIONER
| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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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 | ||||||