Meanings
nounstrangler (plural stranglers)
plural stranglers
- Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
Similar
strangler tree
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian удушвач
- удушвач (udušvač)someone who strangles
Danish kvæler
- kvælersomeone who strangles
Finnish kuristaja
- kuristajasomeone who strangles
French étrangleur, étrangleuse
- étrangleursomeone who strangles
- étrangleusesomeone who strangles
German Würger, Würgerin
- Würgersomeone who strangles
- Würgerinsomeone who strangles
Greek στραγγαλιστής, πνίχτης
- στραγγαλιστής (strangalistís)someone who strangles
- πνίχτης (pníchtis)someone who strangles
Italian strangolatore
- strangolatoresomeone who strangles
Polish dusiciel
- dusicielsomeone who strangles
Portuguese estrangulador
- estranguladorsomeone who strangles
Russian души́тель, души́тельница
- души́тель (dušítelʹ)someone who strangles
- души́тельница (dušítelʹnica)someone who strangles
Spanish estrangulador
- estranguladorsomeone who strangles
Cite this entry
APA
strangler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangler
MLA
“strangler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangler. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strangler,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangler.
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