killer

Plural: killers

Noun

• A person or thing that causes death.
• someone who causes the death of a person or animal
• the causal agent resulting in death
  • "heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States"
• a difficulty that is hard to deal with
  • "that exam was a real killer"
• predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
• One who or that which kills.
• That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.
• Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.
• A remarkably impressive person or thing.
• A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.
• Ellipsis of killer whale.
• A club used for killing fish.
• A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.
• Synonym of virama (“kind of diacritical mark”).

Adj

• Excellent, very good, cool.
• Causing death, destruction, or obliteration.
• Distressing, uncomfortable.

Examples

• Carbon monoxide is a silent killer.
• Digital streaming platforms are CD killers.
• His seven-letter word on the triple word score was an absolute KILLER move, securing his victory.
• I had a killer headache this morning.
• killer bee
• killer feature
• killer robot
• killer view
• My cat is a habitual bird killer.
• That test was a killer.
• The final hill in the race course was a killer.
• There’s a killer on the loose.

Synonyms

cause of death, grampus, killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolf, slayer, ace, admirable, awe-inspiring, awesome, bang on, bang-up, based, beneship, bitching, bomb, brilliant, bully, cher, choice, chronic, chur, cock on, cool, copacetic, crackerjack, cushty, dank, def, dope, excellent, exceptional, fab, fabulous, fantabulosa, fantastic, finger-lickin' good, fireball, first-rate, fly, frabjous, gnarly, great, grouse, homicide, homicider, kicking, killer, lash, lautitious, lit, marvelous, nang, out of sight, outstanding, peng, phat, phenomenal, pukka, quality, rad, radical, rum, sick, slap-up, slick, spiffing, splendid, sterling, super, superb, superior, sweet, swell, terrific, tight, top, top-drawer, top-hole, top-notch, top-of-the-range, top-shelf, topping, tubular, virama, wicked, wicked pissah, wonderful, worldie

Antonyms

healer, life giver

Related Words

anusvara, candrabindu, criminal, fighter, kill, killing, mercenary, soldier, sukun, terrorist, visarga, warrior