Meanings
abductor1
abductor2
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
nounsomeone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
nouna muscle that draws a body part away from the median line
Similar
abductor muscle
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
abductor · noun
- Latinabductor
- Englishabductor
Borrowed from Latin abductor, By surface analysis, abduct + -or.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →abductor · noun
- Medieval Latinabductor
- Englishabductor
From Medieval Latin abductor, from abdūcō + -tor.
More words from Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُخْتَطِف
- مُخْتَطِف (muḵtaṭif)kidnapper
Bulgarian похити́тел, похити́телка
- похити́тел (pohitítel)kidnapper
- похити́телка (pohitítelka)kidnapper
- абдуктор (abduktor)muscle
Catalan raptor, raptora
- raptorkidnapper
- raptorakidnapper
- segrestadorkidnapper
- segrestadorakidnapper
- abductormuscle
Chinese Cantonese 拐子佬
- 拐子佬 (gwaai² zi² lou²)kidnapper
Chinese Mandarin 誘拐者 /诱拐者, 綁架者 /绑架者
- 誘拐者 /诱拐者 (yòuguǎizhě)kidnapper
- 綁架者 /绑架者 (bǎngjiàzhě)kidnapper
- 劫持者 (jiéchízhě)kidnapper
- 外展肌 (wàizhǎnjī)muscle
Czech únosce, únoskyně
- únoscekidnapper
- únoskyněkidnapper
Dutch ontvoerder, kidnapper
- ontvoerderkidnapper
- kidnapperkidnapper
- abductormuscle
- afvoerdermuscle
Esperanto abduktoro, abdukcimuskolo
- abduktoromuscle
- abdukcimuskolomuscle
- abdukcia muskolomuscle
Estonian inimröövija, eemaldaja
- inimröövijakidnapper
- eemaldajamuscle
- abduktormuscle
- eemaldajalihasmuscle
Finnish sieppaaja, kidnappaaja
- sieppaajakidnapper
- kidnappaajakidnapper
- ihmisryöstäjäkidnapper
- loitontajalihasmuscle
- abduktorimuscle
- loitontajamuscle
French abducteur, abducteuse
- abducteurkidnapper
- abducteusekidnapper
- ravisseurkidnapper
- ravisseusekidnapper
German Entführer, Entführerin
- Entführerkidnapper
- Entführerinkidnapper
- Abduktormuscle
Greek απαγωγέας, απαγωγός μυς
- απαγωγέας (apagogéas)kidnapper
- απαγωγός μυς (apagogós mys)muscle
Hindi अपहरणकर्ता, अपहर्ता
- अपहरणकर्ता (apharaṇkartā)kidnapper
- अपहर्ता (aphartā)kidnapper
Hungarian emberrabló, gyermekrabló
- emberrablókidnapper
- gyermekrablókidnapper
- távolító izommuscle
Icelandic fráfærir
- fráfærirmuscle
Irish matán abduchtach
- matán abduchtachmuscle
Italian rapitore, rapitrice
- rapitorekidnapper
- rapitricekidnapper
Japanese 誘拐犯, 外転筋
- 誘拐犯 (yūkaihan)kidnapper
- 外転筋 (gaitenkin)muscle
Korean 유괴범, 납치범
- 유괴범 (yugoebeom)kidnapper
- 납치범 (napchibeom)kidnapper
- 랍치범 (rapchibeom)kidnapper
- 벌림근 (beollimgeun)muscle
- 외전근 (oejeon'geun)muscle
Latin raptor, musculus abductor
- raptorkidnapper
- musculus abductormuscle
- abductormuscle
Latvian muskulis, atvilcējs, atvilcējmuskulis
- muskulismuscle
- atvilcējs, atvilcējmuskulismuscle
Lithuanian atitraukiamasis raumuo, abduktorius
- atitraukiamasis raumuomuscle
- abduktoriusmuscle
Malay penculik, abduktor
- penculikkidnapper
- abduktormuscle
Norwegian Bokmål kidnapper, barnerøver
- kidnapperkidnapper
- barnerøverkidnapper
- kidnapperskekidnapper
- abduktormuscle
Polish porywacz, porywaczka
- porywaczkidnapper
- porywaczkakidnapper
- uprowadzicielkidnapper
- uprowadzicielkakidnapper
- abduktormuscle
- mięsień odwodzicielmuscle
- odwodzicielmuscle
- mięsień odwodzącymuscle
Portuguese raptor, sequestrador
- raptorkidnapper
- sequestradorkidnapper
- abdutormuscle
Romanian răpitor, răpitoare
- răpitorkidnapper
- răpitoarekidnapper
- mușchi abductormuscle
Russian похити́тель, похити́тельница
- похити́тель (poxitítelʹ)kidnapper
- похити́тельница (poxitítelʹnica)kidnapper
- абду́ктор (abdúktor)muscle
- отводя́щая мы́шца (otvodjáščaja mýšca)muscle
Slovak únosca, únoskyňa
- únoscakidnapper
- únoskyňakidnapper
Spanish raptor, secuestrador
- raptorkidnapper
- secuestradorkidnapper
- abductormuscle
Swedish kidnappare
- kidnapparekidnapper
Tamil கடத்தல்காரன், கடத்தல்காரர்
- கடத்தல்காரன் (kaṭattalkāraṉ)kidnapper
- கடத்தல்காரர் (kaṭattalkārar)kidnapper
Turkish abdüktör
- abdüktörmuscle
Ukrainian викрада́ч, викрада́чка
- викрада́ч (vykradáč)kidnapper
- викрада́чка (vykradáčka)kidnapper
Cite this entry
APA
abductor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abductor
MLA
“abductor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abductor. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abductor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abductor.
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