Synonyms of victims

victims

noun

plural of victim

1

as in fatalities

a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed

helped the victims of the fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fatalities
• casualties
• martyrs
• prey
• losses
• losers
• sacrifices
• underdogs
• collateral damages
• murderees

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• winners
• victors
• gainers
• murderers
• killers
• assassins
• injurers
• harmers

2

as in targets

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

the victim of schoolyard teasing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• targets
• prey
• sitting ducks
• butts
• marks
• scapegoats
• mockeries
• goats
• lightning rods
• pilgarlics
• laughingstocks
• fall guys
• whipping boys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• troublemakers
• gossips
• tormentors
• gossipers
• torturers
• tattlers
• defamers
• traducers
• talebearers
• tattletales
• libelers
• hecklers
• baiters
• teasers
• taunters
• mockers
• needlers
• scoffers
• teases
• scorners
• ribbers
• deriders
• satirists
• insulters
• libelists
• caricaturists
• parodists
• lampooners
• ridiculers

3

as in sacrifices

something offered to a god

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sacrifices
• offerings
• immolations
• contributions
• libations
• donations
• oblations
• propitiations
• holocausts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of victims

American women, being birthed as special victims with special status, are not. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

Two of the victims were grazed by bullets, and a 20-year-old man was shot in the abdomen, WSOC reports. — Mark Price november 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2026

All of the victims killed in the plane crash were on board the plane, while no fatalities were on the ground. — Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

The Miami-Dade Police Department is using facial recognition to identify human-trafficking victims and break up human-trafficking rings. — Edward Longe, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026

The outlet did not reveal the names of the victims, as authorities have yet to formally notify their families of their deaths. — Stephen Sorace , Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026

The El Dorado County Coroner’s Office was expected to release the victims’ names after notifying their families. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Johnson and Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert both said the victims and their families would be in their thoughts. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Relatives of the victims said the arrests brought them some relief. — Omar Akour, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026