killer synonyms

killer

n.

murderer, assassin, slayer, gunman, gangster, shooter, strangler, poisoner, butcher, executioner, hangman, assassinator, hit man*, manslayer*, serial murderer, sniper*, electrocutioner, headsman*, axman, cutthroat*, ruffian*, garroter, lyncher, exterminator*, homicide*, patricide*, matricide*, parricide*, fratricide*, regicide*, suicide*, hired gun*, hatchet man*; see also criminal, destroyer 1, executioner.

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