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

Some earlier assassins expected it of themselves, canceling plots that would have killed bystanders. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

The settler assassins were arrested by the police and as usual released within a few hours. — David Shulman, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2026

Bannerman centers on the eponymous Paul Bannerman, a lethal covert operative who convinces a group of the world’s most deadly assassins to quit the spy game for a chance to lead normal lives in the suburbs of Connecticut. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, Clive Owen and other assassins pursue them through the streets of Europe. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026

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

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