Meanings
nounstalker (plural stalkers)
plural stalkers
- A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.
If the stalker thriller “Obsessed,” which opens on Friday, tops the box office, Clinton R. Culpepper will cement his reputation as Hollywood’s king of the schlockbuster.
2009 April 22, Michael Cieply, “He’s Behind the Guffaws and the Gore”, in The New York Times1 more example
Ordinary people have already been face-swapped into videos for humorous or prank purposes and there is no reason to believe that abusers, harassers, stalkers, and blackmailers will not soon be face-swapping victims into compromising video as part of their arsenal.
2018 April, Larry Zimmerman, “Cheap and Easily Manipulated Video”, in The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, Topeka, Kan.: Kansas Bar Association, →ISSN, page 21Synonyms: prowler
- Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting.
- Any bird that walks with a stalking motion.
- obsoleteA kind of fishing net.
- hobbiesA horse that tends to stay just behind the leaders in a race.
If the class of the field is a stalker, I'm all in in terms of evaluating his chances.
2024, Jack Adler, Horse Racing: An Opinion: A New Way of Seeing the Sport of Kings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.
Similar
person who stalks game
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More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishstalkere
- Englishstalker
From Middle English stalkere, equivalent to stalk + -er.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُطَارِد
- مُطَارِد (muṭārid)person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
Chinese Mandarin 潛行者 /潜行者, 跟蹤狂 /跟踪狂
- 潛行者 /潜行者 (qiánxíngzhě)person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- 跟蹤狂 /跟踪狂 (gēnzōngkuáng)person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
Czech stopař, stopařka
- stopařperson who stalks game
- stopařkaperson who stalks game
Dutch stalker
- stalkerperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
Finnish ahdistelija, vainoaja
- ahdistelijaperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- vainoajaperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- piinaajaperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- vaanijaperson who stalks game
French rôdeur, rôdeuse
- rôdeurperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- rôdeuseperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- traqueurperson who stalks game
- traqueuseperson who stalks game
German Stalker, Stalkerin
- Stalkerperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- Stalkerinperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- Nachstellerperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- Nachstellerinperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- Verfolgerperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- Verfolgerinperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- Pirschjägerperson who stalks game
- Pirschjägerinperson who stalks game
Greek κυνηγός, κυνηγός
- κυνηγός (kynigós)person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- κυνηγός (kynigós)person who stalks game
Hebrew מטריד כפייתי
- מטריד כפייתיperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
Indonesian penguntit, stalker
- penguntitperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- stalkerperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
Irish stalcaire
- stalcaireperson who stalks game
Italian stalker, molestatore
- stalkerperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- molestatoreperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- molestatriceperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- vessatoreperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- vessatriceperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- cacciatoreperson who stalks game
- cacciatriceperson who stalks game
Japanese ストーカー
- ストーカー (sutōkā)person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
Korean 스토커
- 스토커 (seutokeo)person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
Norwegian stalker
- stalkerperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
Polish prześladowca, prześladowczyni
- prześladowcaperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- prześladowczyniperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- stalkerperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- stalkerkaperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- obserwatorperson who stalks game
- obserwatorkaperson who stalks game
Portuguese perseguidor, perseguidora
- perseguidorperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- perseguidoraperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- stalkerperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- perseguidorperson who stalks game
- perseguidoraperson who stalks game
Russian пресле́дователь, пресле́довательница
- пресле́дователь (preslédovatelʹ)person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- пресле́довательница (preslédovatelʹnica)person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- ста́лкер (stálker)person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- сто́кер (stóker)person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- ло́вчий (lóvčij)person who stalks game
- следопы́т (sledopýt)person who stalks game
- охо́тник (oxótnik)person who stalks game
Slovak prenasledovateľ
- prenasledovateľperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
Spanish acosador, acosadora
- acosadorperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- acosadoraperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- acechadorperson who stalks game
- acechadoraperson who stalks game
Thai สตอล์กเกอร์
- สตอล์กเกอร์person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
Turkish takipçi, önücü
- takipçiperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
- önücüperson who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with stalker
All rhymes →Sounds the same
stocker (cot–caught merger)
Cite this entry
APA
stalker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stalker
MLA
“stalker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stalker. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stalker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stalker.
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