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 Stride of the apex predator Modern technology bridged the gap between field excavation and global analysis. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026 Carbon isotopes even showed the dietary signal expected from predators. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 20 Sep. 2026 The tooth belonged to an Otodus megalodon, a now-extinct shark that was once the largest marine predator in the world. — Katie Riley, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2026 The actor resists framing her character as either predator or victim. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for predator

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Noun

Novelist and screenwriter Anne Rice led the charge against Cruise’s casting as Lestat de Lioncourt, a French theater actor in the 1700s who’d already become an immortal vampire by the time he’s introduced.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Here, Martha uses small white pumpkins to create fanged vampire and winged pat pumpkins.

— Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of vampire

Noun

Action films have proven to be massively successful for Netflix, which has been minting hits with titles such as crime thriller The Rip, sci-fi flick War Machine, survival thriller Apex, and shark pic Thrash, just this year alone.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026
The Instagram caption speculates the albino shark was somewhere between eight and nine feet long.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of shark

Noun

In March a whale corpse was found floating in San Francisco Bay, seagulls perched on top like vultures at carrion.

— Ainslie Cruickshank, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026
The camel is a vulture; the vulture is a camel; for Bernard is a dangling wire, loose but seductive.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of vulture

Noun

In the same month Netflix released Train Dreams, the film version of Denis Johnson’s revered short novel about a logger whose deceased baby daughter visits him in the form of a wolf.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
The trailer ends with Taylor-Johnson shaking and looking toward the sky as his transformation into a wolf appears to approach.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of wolf

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