rapist

R1A1P3I1S1T1
/ˈɹeɪ.pɪst/

noun

One who has committed rape; someone who raped another person.

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Meanings

nounrapist (plural rapists)

plural rapists

  1. One who has committed rape; someone who raped another person.

    Synonyms: raper

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who has committed rape; someone who raped another person.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who forces another to have sexual intercourse

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishrappen
  2. Englishrape
  3. Englishrapist

From rape + -ist.

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Translations

Arabic مُغْتَصِب
  • مُغْتَصِب (muḡtaṣib)one who has committed rape
Bulgarian наси́лник
  • наси́лник (nasílnik)one who has committed rape
Catalan violador
  • violadorone who has committed rape
Chinese Mandarin 強姦者 /强奸者, 強暴者 /强暴者
  • 強姦者 /强奸者 (qiángjiānzhě)one who has committed rape
  • 強暴者 /强暴者 (qiángbàozhě)one who has committed rape
  • 強姦犯 /强奸犯 (qiángjiānfàn)one who has committed rape
Czech násilník, násilnice
  • násilníkone who has committed rape
  • násilniceone who has committed rape
Danish voldtægtsmand, voldtægtskvinde
  • voldtægtsmandone who has committed rape
  • voldtægtskvindeone who has committed rape
Dutch verkrachter, verkrachtster
  • verkrachterone who has committed rape
  • verkrachtsterone who has committed rape
Finnish raiskaaja
  • raiskaajaone who has committed rape
French violeur, violeuse
  • violeurone who has committed rape
  • violeuseone who has committed rape
German Vergewaltiger, Vergewaltigerin
  • Vergewaltigerone who has committed rape
  • Vergewaltigerinone who has committed rape
Greek βιαστής
  • βιαστής (viastís)one who has committed rape
Hindi बलात्कारी
  • बलात्कारी (balātkārī)one who has committed rape
Hungarian erőszaktevő, erőszakoló
  • erőszaktevőone who has committed rape
  • erőszakolóone who has committed rape
Icelandic nauðgari
  • nauðgarione who has committed rape
Indonesian pemerkosa, perogol
  • pemerkosaone who has committed rape
  • perogolone who has committed rape
Italian stupratore, stupratrice
  • stupratoreone who has committed rape
  • stupratriceone who has committed rape
Japanese 強姦犯, 強姦者
  • 強姦犯 (gōkanhan)one who has committed rape
  • 強姦者 (gōkansha)one who has committed rape
  • レイピスト (reipisuto)one who has committed rape
  • レイパー (reipā)one who has committed rape
Korean 강간범, 강간자
  • 강간범 (gangganbeom)one who has committed rape
  • 강간자 (gangganja)one who has committed rape
Latin stuprator, stupratrix
  • stupratorone who has committed rape
  • stupratrixone who has committed rape
  • constuprātorone who has committed rape
Malay perogol
  • perogolone who has committed rape
Māori kaipāwhera
  • kaipāwheraone who has committed rape
Norwegian Bokmål voldtektsforbryter, voldtektsmann
  • voldtektsforbryterone who has committed rape
  • voldtektsmannone who has committed rape
  • voldtektskvinneone who has committed rape
Persian تجاوزگر
  • تجاوزگر (tajâvozgar)one who has committed rape
Polish gwałciciel, gwałcicielka
  • gwałcicielone who has committed rape
  • gwałcicielkaone who has committed rape
Portuguese estuprador, estupradora
  • estupradorone who has committed rape
  • estupradoraone who has committed rape
  • violadorone who has committed rape
  • violadoraone who has committed rape
Romanian violator, violatoare
  • violatorone who has committed rape
  • violatoareone who has committed rape
Russian наси́льник, наси́льница
  • наси́льник (nasílʹnik)one who has committed rape
  • наси́льница (nasílʹnica)one who has committed rape
  • наси́лователь (nasílovatelʹ)one who has committed rape
  • наси́ловательница (nasílovatelʹnica)one who has committed rape
Slovak násilník, násilníčka
  • násilníkone who has committed rape
  • násilníčkaone who has committed rape
Spanish violador, violadora
  • violadorone who has committed rape
  • violadoraone who has committed rape
Swahili mbakaji
  • mbakajione who has committed rape
Swedish våldtäktsman, våldtäktskvinna
  • våldtäktsmanone who has committed rape
  • våldtäktskvinnaone who has committed rape
Turkish tecavüzcü
  • tecavüzcüone who has committed rape
Ukrainian ґвалтівни́к, наси́льник
  • ґвалтівни́к (gvaltivnýk)one who has committed rape
  • наси́льник (nasýlʹnyk)one who has committed rape

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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