PREDATOR Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

predator

noun

ˈpre-də-tər

Definition of predator

as in vampire

a person who habitually preys upon others measures taken to protect minors against sexual predators

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prey

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Recent Examples of predator Burmese pythons — destructive and invasive snakes with few natural predators in Florida — have developed a new foothold outside the Everglades. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 24 July 2026 These apex predators are fearsome hunters who employ diverse strategies and work collaboratively when tracking down a meal. — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 23 July 2026 Newell’s shearwaters spend most of their lives over the Pacific Ocean but return to Hawaii to breed, where artificial lights, collisions with power lines, and introduced predators such as domestic cats threaten already vulnerable populations. — Nathan W. Cooper, The Conversation, 23 July 2026 As large animals and apex predators, Burmese pythons have very few threats beyond human hunters, per the FWC, leaving them free to prey on native species and consume their resources. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for predator

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Noun

The new season will focus heavily on the original vampire, Akasha, portrayed by Sheila Atim in The Vampire Lestat.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
Among his vulnerable confessions include a detailed recollection of his first love, Nicolas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), who became a vampire with Lestat.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 24 July 2026

Definition of vampire

Noun

Deaths by toothpick average three per year, slightly less than annual shark attack fatalities.

— Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026
In 1986, a fiberglass sculpture of a shark plunging headfirst into the roof of an ordinary-looking row house in the English town of Headington appeared as if out of nowhere.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026

Definition of shark

Noun

By the time the film gets back to the subject of wolves, von Carolsfeld has abruptly stopped framing her captive humans as wildlife.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 22 July 2026
Alaei and her colleagues exposed superworms to dead animals of all sizes, ranging from mice, fish and small birds to wolves and wild cats.

— Ari Daniel, NPR, 17 July 2026

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