Martyr Synonyms

märtər
One who suffers
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. offering
  2. scapegoat
One who suffers for the sake of principle
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sufferer
  2. saint
  3. persecute
  4. sacrifice
  5. torment
  6. victim
Torture and torment like a martyr
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. martyrize
  2. martyrise

Words Related to Martyr

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. martyrdom
  2. patriarch
  3. protomartyr
  4. wonderworker
  5. Silkeb
  6. archimandrite
  7. heretic
  8. confessor
  9. Methodios
  10. hymnographer
  11. martyred
  12. hierarch
  13. archpastor

Martyr Sentence Examples

  • John Penry, the Puritan martyr, was born at Cefn-brith in this parish.

  • Stephen became a martyr in August 257.

  • He was represented as a warrior performing superhuman feats, as a ruler dispensing perfect justice, and even as a martyr suffering for the faith.

  • The fraternity of White Penitents buried the body with great ceremony, and performed a solemn service for the deceased as a martyr; the Franciscans followed their example; and these formalities led to the popular belief in the guilt of the unhappy family.

  • The Terrorists paid a veritable worship to his memory, as to a martyr of Liberty.

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