Meanings
plural attackers
- Someone who attacks.
The targets suggest the attackers are sympathetic to the vast censorship apparatus known as the Great Firewall of China.
2015 March 31, Dan Goodin, “Massive denial-of-service attack on GitHub tied to Chinese government”, in Ars Technica, retrieved 01 Apr 20152 more examples
[…] expecting the woman to take her attacker into physical custody is tantamount to preventing the arrest. If she could handle him, she probably would not need to call the police in the first place.
1981, Del Martin, Battered Wives, page 90In this manner, the victim may be able to discover the one or many zombied systems that are causing the DoS attack but probably won't be able to track down the actual attacker.
2011, James M. Stewart, CompTIA Security+ Review Guide: Exam SY0-301, page 133
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Italiana-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Old Frenchatachier
- Old Frenchdestachier
- Middle Frenchdestacher
- Italiandistaccare
- Italianstaccare
- Italianattaccare
- Frenchattaquerdeverb.
- Frenchattaque
- Englishattack
- Englishattacker
Translations
Afrikaans aanvaller
- aanvallersomeone who attacks
Arabic مُهَاجِم, مُهَاجِم
- مُهَاجِم (muhājim)someone who attacks
- مُهَاجِم (muhājim)(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Catalan atacant, atacant
- atacantsomeone who attacks
- atacant(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Czech útočník, útočník
- útočníksomeone who attacks
- útočník(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Danish angriber, angriber
- angribersomeone who attacks
- angriber(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Dutch aanvaller
- aanvallersomeone who attacks
Finnish hyökkääjä, hyökkääjä
- hyökkääjäsomeone who attacks
- hyökkääjä(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
German Angreifer, Angreiferin
- Angreifersomeone who attacks
- Angreiferinsomeone who attacks
- Stürmer(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
- Stürmerin(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Hindi आक्रमणकारी
- आक्रमणकारी (ākramaṇkārī)someone who attacks
Hungarian támadó, támadó fél
- támadósomeone who attacks
- támadó félsomeone who attacks
Icelandic vígamaður
- vígamaðursomeone who attacks
Indonesian penyerang, penyerang
- penyerangsomeone who attacks
- penyerang(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Irish ionsaitheoir, ionsaitheoir
- ionsaitheoirsomeone who attacks
- ionsaitheoir(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Italian attaccante, attaccante
- attaccantesomeone who attacks
- attaccante(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Māori kaituki
- kaitukisomeone who attacks
Norwegian angriper, angriper
- angripersomeone who attacks
- angriper(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
- spiss(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Polish napastnik, atakujący
- napastniksomeone who attacks
- atakującysomeone who attacks
- napadającysomeone who attacks
- napastnik(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Portuguese agressor, atacador
- agressorsomeone who attacks
- atacadorsomeone who attacks
- atacante(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Romanian atacant, atacantă
- atacantsomeone who attacks
- atacantăsomeone who attacks
- atacatorsomeone who attacks
- atacant(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
- atacantă(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Russian напада́ющий, атаку́ющий
- напада́ющий (napadájuščij)someone who attacks
- атаку́ющий (atakújuščij)someone who attacks
- напада́ющий (napadájuščij)(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Scottish Gaelic cluicheadair-adhairt
- cluicheadair-adhairt(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Spanish atacante, asaltante
- atacantesomeone who attacks
- asaltantesomeone who attacks
- agresorsomeone who attacks
- delantero(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Swahili mshambuliaji, mshambuliaji
- mshambuliajisomeone who attacks
- mshambuliaji(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Swedish angripare, anfallare
- angriparesomeone who attacks
- anfallare(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Ukrainian напа́дник, напа́дниця
- напа́дник (napádnyk)someone who attacks
- напа́дниця (napádnycja)someone who attacks
- напа́дник (napádnyk)(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
- напа́дниця (napádnycja)(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with attacker
Anagrams
Cite this entry
attacker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attacker
“attacker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attacker. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attacker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attacker.
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