English Explanatory Dictionary

killer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who or that which kills.
  2. That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.
  3. Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.
  4. A remarkably impressive person or thing.
  5. A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.
  6. Ellipsis of killer whale.
  7. A club used for killing fish.
  8. A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.
  9. Synonym of virama (“kind of diacritical mark”).
adj
  1. Excellent, very good, cool.
  2. Causing death, destruction, or obliteration.
  3. Distressing, uncomfortable.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɪlə/ [ˈkʰɪlə] /ˈkɪlɚ/ [ˈkʰɪlɚ] ~ [ˈkʰɪlɹ̩] en-us-killer.ogg

Word forms

killer killers more killer most killer

Etymology

From Middle English killer, kyller. By surface analysis, kill + -er.

Synonyms

homicide homicider killer virama ace admirable amazing awe-inspiring awesome badass bang on bang-up studly based beatific beneship bitching blissful bomb brilliant bully celestial cher choice chronic chur cock on commendable cool copacetic crackerjack cushty dank def delightful divine dope epic excellent exceptional exemplary exquisite extraordinary fab fabulous fantabulosa fantastic fierce finger-lickin' good fire fireball first-rate fly frabjous glorious gnarly goated great grouse heavenlike

Antonyms

healer life giver

Related words

fighter mercenary soldier terrorist warrior kill killing criminal anusvara candrabindu sukun visarga

Derived words

baby-killer boner-killer category killer Christ-killer cicada killer city killer coach killer color killer colour killer contract killer cop killer cop-killer cowboy killer cow killer craic killer deal killer desk killer doctor killer false killer whale fly killer fool killer giant-killer giantkiller godkiller honour killer honor killer hunter-killer joy killer killer application killerball killer bee killer diller killeress killer game killer green bud killer instinct killerish killer language killer litter killerly killer poke killership killer sudoku killer T cell ladykiller lady-killer lady killer mankiller man-killer mercy killer mosskiller mule killer natural killer natural killer cell nigger killer nigger-killer nine-killer nonkiller pain killer painkiller

Translations

Albanian: vrasës Albanian: vrasëse Southern Altai: ӧлтӱречи Amharic: ገዳይ Arabic: قَاتِل Arabic: قَاتِلَة Arabic: قاتل Algerian Arabic: قاتل Armenian: մարդասպան Azerbaijani: qatil Basque: hiltzaile Belarusian: забо́йца Bengali: খুনী Bengali: কাতেল Breton: lazher Bulgarian: уби́ец Bulgarian: уби́йца Catalan: assassí Catalan: matador Cherokee: ᎠᏓᎯᎯ Chichewa: mpha Chichewa: wakupha Chinese Cantonese: 殺手 /杀手 Chinese: 殺手 /杀手 Chinese Mandarin: 殺手 /杀手 Chinese Mandarin: 兇手 /凶手 Chinese Mandarin: 殺人犯 /杀人犯 Wu Chinese: 殺手 /杀手 Choctaw: abi Czech: vrah Czech: vražedkyně Danish: morder Danish: drabsmand Danish: banemand Dutch: doder Esperanto: murdisto Esperanto: murdistino Esperanto: murdinto Esperanto: murdintino Esperanto: mortigisto Esperanto: mortigistino Estonian: tapja Finnish: tappaja French: tueur French: tueuse French: assassin French: assassine French: meurtrier French: meurtrière Georgian: მკვლელი German: Töter German: Töterin German: Totschläger German: Totschlägerin Greek: φονιάς Greek: φόνισσα Greek: δολοφόνος Greek: δολοφόνισσα Hebrew: רוֹצֵחַ \ רוצח Hindi: हत्यारा Hindi: ख़ूनी Hindi: क़ातिल Hungarian: gyilkos Icelandic: morðingi Indonesian: pembunuh Ingrian: mukistaja Ingrian: tappaja Irish: marfóir Italian: assassino Italian: assassina Italian: uccisore Italian: uccisora Italian: ucciditrice Japanese: 殺人者 Japanese: キラー Japanese: 人殺し Kabwa: omwiti class 1
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