Synonyms of victim

victim

noun

1

as in fatality

a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed

helped the victims of the fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fatality
• casualty
• prey
• martyr
• loss
• loser
• sacrifice
• underdog
• collateral damage
• murderee

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• winner
• victor
• gainer
• murderer
• killer
• assassin
• injurer
• harmer

2

as in target

a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule

the victim of schoolyard teasing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• target
• prey
• butt
• sitting duck
• mark
• mockery
• scapegoat
• goat
• laughingstock
• lightning rod
• pilgarlic
• fall guy
• whipping boy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• troublemaker
• gossip
• defamer
• gossiper
• tattler
• tattletale
• tormentor
• torturer
• talebearer
• traducer
• libeler
• tormenter
• heckler
• baiter
• tease
• taunter
• teaser
• mocker
• needler
• insulter
• scorner
• scoffer
• ribber
• satirist
• libelist
• caricaturist
• parodist
• lampooner
• derider
• ridiculer

3

as in sacrifice

something offered to a god

the Aztecs are believed to have sacrificed thousands of victims annually to the sun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sacrifice
• offering
• immolation
• contribution
• donation
• libation
• holocaust
• propitiation
• oblation