killer

English Thesaurus

1. predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	dolphin,
definition	:	any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus orcinus, orcinus,
definition	:	killer whales (noun.animal)

2. a difficulty that is hard to deal with (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	difficulty,
definition	:	a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result (noun.cognition)

3. someone who causes the death of a person or animal (noun.person)

hypernym	:	individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul,
definition	:	a human being (noun.tops)

hyponym	:	executioner, public executioner,
definition	:	an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant (noun.person)

hyponym	:	eradicator, exterminator, terminator,
definition	:	someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) (noun.person)

hyponym	:	choker, garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler,
definition	:	someone who kills by strangling (noun.person)

hyponym	:	liquidator, manslayer, murderer,
definition	:	a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) (noun.person)

hyponym	:	poisoner,
definition	:	someone who kills with poison (noun.person)

hyponym	:	regicide,
definition	:	someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king (noun.person)

hyponym	:	felo-de-se, suicide,
definition	:	a person who kills himself intentionally (noun.person)

4. the causal agent resulting in death (noun.state)

hypernym	:	causal agency, causal agent, cause,
definition	:	any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results (noun.tops)

5. a difficulty that is hard to deal with (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	kill,
definition	:	be the source of great pain for (verb.perception)

6. someone who causes the death of a person or animal (noun.person)

derivation	:	kill,
definition	:	cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact)

derivation	:	bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay,
definition	:	kill intentionally and with premeditation (verb.social)

7. the causal agent resulting in death (noun.state)

derivation	:	kill,
definition	:	cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact)

derivation	:	kill,
definition	:	cause the death of, without intention (verb.contact)

8. a difficulty that is hard to deal with (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	kill,
definition	:	be the source of great pain for (verb.perception)

9. someone who causes the death of a person or animal (noun.person)

derivation	:	kill,
definition	:	cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact)

derivation	:	bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay,
definition	:	kill intentionally and with premeditation (verb.social)

10. the causal agent resulting in death (noun.state)

derivation	:	kill,
definition	:	cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact)

derivation	:	kill,
definition	:	cause the death of, without intention (verb.contact)