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Cannibal synonyms

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anthropophagus
A person who eats human flesh; a cannibal.
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  1. A person who eats human flesh; a cannibal.
anthropophagite.--a. anthropophagous
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    man-eater
    An animal that has a reputation for eating humans, such as the tiger or shark.
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    1. An animal that has a reputation for eating humans, such as the tiger or shark.
    2. An animal that eats, or is reputed to eat, human flesh, as a shark, lion, or tiger
    3. (By extension, slang) A woman with a threatening attitude, often readily taking and discarding male romantic partners.
    headhunter
    (Ice hockey) A player who uses a hockey stick to attempt to strike an opponent's head.
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    1. (Ice hockey) A player who uses a hockey stick to attempt to strike an opponent's head.
    2. A savage who cuts off the heads of his enemies, and preserves them as trophies.
    3. A member of any of certain primitive peoples that remove the heads of slain enemies and preserve them as trophies
    savage
    A fierce, brutal person
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    1. A fierce, brutal person
    2. A member of a preliterate culture, often having a tribal way of life
    3. A member of a people regarded as primitive, uncivilized, brutal, or fierce.
    native
    A permanent resident, as distinguished from a temporary resident or visitor
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    1. A permanent resident, as distinguished from a temporary resident or visitor
    2. An original or indigenous inhabitant of a region, as distinguished from an invader, explorer, colonist, etc.
    3. Occurring in nature on its own, uncombined with other substances. Copper and gold are often found in native form.
    primitive
    (Linguistics) A word or word element from which another word is derived by morphological or historical processes or from which inflected forms are derived.
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    1. (Linguistics) A word or word element from which another word is derived by morphological or historical processes or from which inflected forms are derived.
    2. (Gram.) The form from which a certain word or other form has been derived; root; base
    3. A person belonging to a nonindustrial, often tribal society, especially a society characterized by a low level of economic or technological complexity.
    aborigine
    The flora and fauna native to a geographic area.
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    1. The flora and fauna native to a geographic area.
    2. The native animals or plants of a certain region
    3. A member of the indigenous or earliest known population of a region; a native.
    ogre
    A giant or monster in legends and fairy tales that eats humans.
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    1. A giant or monster in legends and fairy tales that eats humans.
    2. A person who is felt to be particularly cruel, brutish, or hideous.
    3. A town in central Latvia
    ogress
    (Heraldry) A roundel sable.
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    1. (Heraldry) A roundel sable.
    2. A female giant or monster in legends and fairy tales that eats humans.
    3. A woman who is considered cruel or ugly.
    Find another word for cannibal. In this page you can discover 31 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for cannibal, like: anthropophagus, anthrophagite, anthropophaginian, anthropophagous, cannibalistic, anthropophagi, anthropophagite, anthropophagite.--a. anthropophagous, brute, cannibalism and long-pig.

    Sentence Examples

    • CATAUXI, a numerous cannibal tribe of South American Indians of the Purus river district, Brazil.

    • Hitherto the Spaniards had met only the weak islanders, or the more robust cannibal Caribs, both alike pure savages.

    • Between the last-named river and the Lualaba dwell the savage and cannibal Batetela and Bakussu.

    • We are amused at beholding the costume of Henry VIII, or Queen Elizabeth, as much as if it was that of the King and Queen of the Cannibal Islands.

    • Among the filthiest are the Aghoris, who preserve the ancient cannibal ritual of the followers of Siva, eat filth, and use a human skull as a drinking-vessel.

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