KILLERS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

killers

noun

plural of killer

as in headaches

a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work weeding out that overgrown garden is going to be a killer

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as in murderers

a person who kills another person gunned down by hired killers

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Recent Examples of killers The Horsch house investigation raises questions about serial killers and whether mental health professionals can identify a person at risk of becoming one. — David Dematteo, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026 Detectives worked to identify the killers, but the case eventually went cold. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 The global distribution biz has greenlit a third season of its original series Making a Serial Killer, the true-crime series that looks at what shaped the world’s most notorious serial killers. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 Prosecutors described a subculture within that online network that glorifies mass killers and encourages imitation. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Then, even potential killers might find little delight in taking a life. — The Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2026 The top power-play unit, looking nimble and nifty with Bedard and Kane switching up half-walls midstream, keeping the Penguins’ killers on their heels. — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026 Since the nineteen-nineties, a Korean New Wave had been praised for embedding capitalist critique in movies packed with monsters, slithering octopuses, killers, and killer cops. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 This touring exhibition devoted to serial killers and criminology claims to have the largest collection of authentic true-crime artifacts in the country, including psychiatric reports and personal belongings. — Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

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Noun

In Meta’s case, creepy video-recording incidents and privacy-light tampering have caused severe headaches for the company.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Neurological symptoms, like persistent headaches, may also warrant seeing a doctor.

— Angelica Stabile , Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of headaches

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The Commission’s sovereignty framework considers the extent to which investment, jobs and value creation remain within the EU and European Economic Area.

— Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
But even for those of us who still have jobs, something corrosive is happening.

— Brian Jenney, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of jobs

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The alleged plot targeting Pannun unfolded at the same time that Hardeep Singh Nijjar, another prominent Sikh separatist and friend of Pannun, was gunned down and killed in June 2023 by assassins outside his gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia.

— Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
As with the previous hour, which opened with the Russian assassins stalking River and Sid at the bowling alley, this episode picks up at the suspense cliffhanger of these same assassins peeling off with an abducted Sid in their car.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026