Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishslaga“slayer”
- Middle Englishslear
- Englishslayer
From Middle English slear, sleere, sleare, slaare, dissimilated from Old English slaga (“slayer”), equivalent to slay + -er.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian убиец
- убиец (ubiec)one who slays
Finnish surmaaja, tappaja
- surmaajaone who slays
- tappajaone who slays
French assassin
- assassinone who slays
German Töter, Abmurkser
- Töterone who slays
- Abmurkserone who slays
Italian uccisore, assassino
- uccisoreone who slays
- assassinoone who slays
Latin homicīda, interfector
- homicīdaone who slays
- interfectorone who slays
- interfectrixone who slays
- occīsorone who slays
Portuguese assasino, assasina
- assasinoone who slays
- assasinaone who slays
- matadorone who slays
- matadoraone who slays
- sicárioone who slays
- sicáriaone who slays
Russian уби́йца
- уби́йца (ubíjca)one who slays
Spanish asesino, asesina
- asesinoone who slays
- asesinaone who slays
Swedish baneman
- banemanone who slays
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with slayer
playerlayerprayermayorsurveyorbayerpayersprayerAyerpurveyorbetrayerweighergrayerbrayerpreyerFreyradlayerdiaper sprayergainsayerobeyerwaylayer
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Cite this entry
APA
slayer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slayer
MLA
“slayer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slayer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slayer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slayer.
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