Synonyms of avenger

avenger

noun

as in nemesis

one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense

a novel about a man who becomes the obsessed avenger of his sister's death

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nemesis
• vigilante
• punisher
• chastiser
• revenger
• scourge
• castigator
• redresser
• righter
• requiter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• redeemer
• vindicator
• ransomer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of avenger

Tresnjak and Melinda Page Hamilton frame Claire Zachanassian as a clear-eyed avenger forcing society to confront capitalism, patriarchy and power, deepening the Playhouse’s emerging sense of company and artistic risk-taking. — Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Speaking of that last vampire subject, this is also a great episode for Jacob Anderson in the B-plot, as Louis plays the reluctant avenger doing that loveable scoundrel Raglan James’s dirty work in two stand-out action sequences. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 June 2026

Instead, the young, webbed avenger kept limber by performing headstands and flips and cartwheels on the grass. — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2026

But as all the world knows, Edmond Dantès did rise again, transformed from an innocent young sailor into that courtly yet implacable avenger, the Count of Monte Cristo. — Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026

And it was signed, black dahlia avenger. — Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026

By the end of that first half hour, he has been unmasked as the bloody avenger of the backyard. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026

Before she was known as Lady Van Tassel and terrorized the town in New York with her ghostly avenger, Mary went by the name Sarah Archer, a young girl trying to survive her witch of a mother. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026

Kirk had been building his reputation as an imperious, right-wing avenger on college campuses, debating anyone willing to step up to the microphone to challenge him. — Michael Luo, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025