Synonyms: killer, assassin, slayer, butcher More Synonyms of murderer
murderer in American English
(ˈmʌrdərər)
noun
a person who commits or has committed murder
Quotations
Every murderer is probably somebody's old friendAgatha ChristieThe Mysterious Affair at Styles
You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose styleVladimir NabokovLolita
In other languages
murderer
British English: murderer /ˈmɜːdərə/ NOUN
A murderer is a person who has murdered someone.
...a notorious mass murderer.
American English: murderer
Arabic: قَاتِلٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: assassino
Chinese: 凶手
Croatian: ubojica
Czech: vrah
Danish: morder
Dutch: moordenaar
European Spanish: asesino homicida
Finnish: murhaaja
French: assassin
German: Mörder
Greek: δολοφόνος
Italian: assassino
Japanese: 殺人者
Korean: 살인자
Norwegian: morder
Polish: morderca
European Portuguese: assassino
Romanian: criminal
Russian: убийца
Latin American Spanish: asesino
Swedish: mördare
Thai: ฆาตกร
Turkish: katil
Ukrainian: вбивця
Vietnamese: kẻ giết người
Chinese translation of 'murderer'
murderer
(ˈməːdərəʳ)
n(c)
凶手 (xiōngshǒu) (个(個), gè)
(noun)
a notorious mass murderer
Synonyms
killer
The police are searching for his killers.
assassin
He memorized the number of the assassin's car.
slayer
butcher
This bunch are mere brutes and butchers.
slaughterer
cut-throat
a band of cut-throats prepared to undertake the vilest crimes for money
hitman or woman (slang)
Quotations
Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend [Agatha Christie – The Mysterious Affair at Styles]You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style [Vladimir Nabokov – Lolita]