victor

V4I1C3T1O1R1
/ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/Canada, US/ˈvɪk.tɚ/

noun

The winner in a fight or contest.

CommonScrabble 11

Meanings

victor1

nounvictor (plural victors)

plural victors

  1. The winner in a fight or contest.

    City were also the victors on that occasion 56 years ago, winning 5-0, but this visit was portrayed as a measure of their progress against the 19-time champions.

    2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, in BBC Sport

    Synonyms: winner, conqueror

  2. international standardsAlternative letter-case form of Victor from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Victor2

noun

alternative obsolete Victour

  1. World War II era; joint US/RAF; World War II era; joint US/RAFradiotelephony clear-code word for the letter V.
proper noun

alternative obsolete Victour

  1. A male given name from Latin.

    But Hong Kong-based cross-media artist Victor Wong didn’t think the painting — which looks like a blurry oil painting of a man — was anything that revolutionary.

    2025 May 25, Amy Gunia, “This robotic arm is creating traditional Chinese ink paintings”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2025
    1 more example

    'Well, it's your mother who chose Victor. I never liked the name. It sounded a bit like boasting. I think it was because you were born on May something or other when we celebrate the day Germans surrendered.' 'I wasn't. I was born in September.' 'Oh, then there must have been another reason. Perhaps she thought to have you at all was her victory. Over me. I wasn't so keen on a child.'

    1988, Graham Greene, The Captain and the Enemy, Penguin Classics, published 1999, →ISBN
  2. A number of places in the United States.
    1. A town and village therein, in Ontario County, New York.
  3. computingPlaceholder name for the party that verifies a proof.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe winner in a fight or contest.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna combatant who is able to defeat rivals

nounthe contestant who wins the contest

Similar
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

victor · noun

  1. Latinvictor“conqueror”
  2. Anglo-Normanvictor
  3. Middle Englishvictour
  4. Englishvictor

Inherited from Middle English victour, victor, from Anglo-Norman victor, Latin victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of Victor.

Full word history & related roots →

Victor · noun, proper noun

From a Late Latin personal name Victor, borne by several saints, from victor (“conqueror”). Doublet of victor.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek Βίκτωρ
  • Βίκτωρ (Bíktōr)male given name
Bulgarian Ви́ктор
  • Ви́ктор (Víktor)male given name
Catalan Víctor
  • Víctormale given name
Chinese Mandarin 維克托 /维克托
  • 維克托 /维克托 (Wéikètuō)male given name
Czech Viktor
  • Viktormale given name
Danish Victor
  • Victormale given name
Dutch Viktor, Victor
  • Viktormale given name
  • Victormale given name
Esperanto Viktoro
  • Viktoromale given name
Finnish Vihtori
  • Vihtorimale given name
French Victor
  • Victormale given name
German Viktor
  • Viktormale given name
Greek Βίκτωρας
  • Βίκτωρας (Víktoras)male given name
Hebrew ויקטור
  • ויקטור (viqtor)male given name
Hungarian Viktor, Győző
  • Viktormale given name
  • Győzőmale given name
Italian Vittorio, Vittore
  • Vittoriomale given name
  • Vittoremale given name
Japanese ヴィクトル
  • ヴィクトルmale given name
Korean 빅토르
  • 빅토르 (biktoreu)male given name
Latvian Viktors
  • Viktorsmale given name
Norwegian Viktor
  • Viktormale given name
Persian ویکتور
  • ویکتور (viktor)male given name
Polish Wiktor
  • Wiktormale given name
Portuguese Victor, Vitor
  • Victormale given name
  • Vitormale given name
  • Víctormale given name
  • Vítormale given name
Russian Ви́ктор
  • Ви́ктор (Víktor)male given name
Slovak Viktor
  • Viktormale given name
Spanish Víctor
  • Víctormale given name
Swedish Viktor
  • Viktormale given name
Ukrainian Віктор
  • Віктор (Viktor)male given name
Vietnamese Victor
  • Victormale given name
Welsh Gwythyr
  • Gwythyrmale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with victor

All rhymes →

Sounds the same

Cite this entry
APA

victor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/victor

MLA

“victor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/victor. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “victor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/victor.

Source: victor on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.