killer

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. someone who causes the death of a person or animal (Freq. 8)
• Syn:
slayer
• Derivationally related forms:
slay (for: slayer), kill
• Hypernyms:
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
• Hyponyms:
executioner, public executioner, exterminator, terminator, eradicator,
garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker, murderer,
liquidator, manslayer, poisoner, regicide, suicide, felo-de-se
2. the causal agent resulting in death
- heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States
• Syn:
cause of death
• Derivationally related forms:
kill
• Hypernyms:
causal agent, cause, causal agency
3. predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin;
common in cold seas
• Syn:
killer whale, orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orca
• Hypernyms:
dolphin
• Member Holonyms:
Orcinus, genus Orcinus
4. a difficulty that is hard to deal with
- that exam was a real killer
• Derivationally related forms:
kill
• Hypernyms:
difficulty

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  killer whale, orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orca, cause of death, slayer