Synonyms of assassins

assassins

noun

plural of assassin

as in murderers

a person who kills another person

shot down by an unknown assassin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murderers
• killers
• cutthroats
• torpedoes
• homicides
• butchers
• slaughterers
• executioners
• manslayers
• slayers
• triggermen
• massacrers
• bravos
• hit men
• murderesses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of assassins

Many of Ellis’s most awful characters are the most conventionally attractive, their looks serving as a shield against their various crimes; Murphy co-created The Beauty, in which tech moguls and assassins kill to be beautiful. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026

Authorities were seeking both the assassins and masterminds of the crime, according to the president. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

The young women acted as underground assassins, seducing Nazi officers, luring them into the woods and killing them. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026

Rumors swirled in Mexico City of assassins arriving and attacks being planned. — Literary Hub, 28 July 2026

Lucky Number Slevin, a movie about mistaken identity, rival crime syndicates, and assassins, was, for some reason (Josh Hartnett), one of the comfort movies of my childhood. — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 1 July 2026

These artisans, with their trade secrets, were kept on Murano, a cluster of islands just across the lagoon from the city, ostensibly as a precaution against fire, though the state would also send assassins after anyone who tried to leave. — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Forced to flee together, the pair embark on a high-stakes road trip across Europe while being hunted by law enforcement, elite assassins and dangerous criminals. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026

During the century-plus the Secret Service resided within the Treasury Department, there were presidential deaths at the hands of assassins (McKinley and Kennedy) or near-death episodes (Reagan). — Patrick Eddington, Oc Register, 1 June 2026