Victim Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Victim

prey
Prey is a person or animal that falls victim to another or an animal that lives off of other animals.
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sufferer
One who suffers.
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hunted
One who suffers
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scapegoat
(Bible) A live goat over whose head Aaron confessed all the sins of the children of Israel on the Day of Atonement. The goat, symbolically bearing their sins, was then sent into the wilderness.
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quarry; game
One who suffers
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boob
A manboob.
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offering
A contribution given at a religious service.
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fool
(Pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
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mark
The definition of a mark is a sign, symbol, indication or a stain.
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easy pickings
One who is easily deceived
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pushover
Someone who lets himself be picked or bullied on without defending or stand up for him/herself.
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immolation
The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed.
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fatality
Tendency to death, destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate.
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gudgeon
(Nautical) Specifically, in a vessel with a stern-mounted rudder, the fitting into which the pintle of the rudder fits to allow the rudder to swing freely.
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hecatomb
(Historical) In ancient Greece or Rome, a great feast and public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen.
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sacrifice
The act of offering the life of a person or animal, or some object, in propitiation of or homage to a deity
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butt
The thick end of anything, as of a whip handle, rifle stock, etc.
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dupe
The definition of a dupe is a person who has been tricked or fooled.
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gull
Any of various chiefly coastal seabirds of the family Laridae, having long wings, webbed feet, a thick, slightly hooked beak, and usually gray and white plumage.
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lamb
The definition of a lamb is a baby sheep, the meat of sheep, a gentle or sweet person, or someone who is easily fooled because of inexperience.
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sucker
A tube or pipe, such as a siphon, through which something is sucked.
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fall guy
(Slang) A person made to or left to face the consequences, as of a scheme that has miscarried
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monkey
One who behaves in a way suggestive of a monkey, as a mischievous child or a mimic.
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patsy
(Slang) A person easily imposed upon or victimized
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sap
(Uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
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mug
The definition of a mug is a heavy drinking cup that usually has a handle, or a slang term for the face or mouth.
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(colloq.) gull
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cully
(Now rare) A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person.
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goat
A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra.
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stooge
(Comedy) A straight man
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underdog
A person or group that is losing, or is expected to lose, in a contest or struggle
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cat's-paw
A knot of a certain kind resembling a lark’s-foot hitch; see cat's paw for more detailed information.
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tool
(Computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
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hireling
(Usually pejorative) someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself
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john
(Informal) Used frequently to form an idea personified John Bull, John Barleycorn (see derivations below).
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softie
(Informal) softy
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casualty
(Mil.) A member of the armed forces who is lost to active service through being killed, wounded, captured, interned, sick, or missing
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chump
(Informal) A gullible, foolish, or stupid person; dupe or fool
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martyr
(By extension) One who sacrifices his or her life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause.
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wretch
An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.
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pigeon
A girl or young woman
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Antonyms for Victim

culprit
One guilty of a fault or crime.
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criminal
Constituting, implying, or involving a crime or an element of a crime.
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Words Related to Victim

religion
The life or condition of a person in a religious order:
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wise
Method or manner of doing; way:
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victims
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survivor
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prisoner
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murderer
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offender
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suicide
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domestic-violence
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help
(--- Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.
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bereave
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abuser
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woman
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Victim Sentence Examples

  • You stopped Otto's next victim from being abducted.

  • After all, he was the victim, not the perp.

  • You were the victim of someone who couldn't see what was right before him.

  • Do you have a victim list?

  • He recognized the grandson as the victim of the earlier abduction on which he'd reported.

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