VICTIM Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

victim

noun

ˈvik-təm

Definition of victim

as in fatality

a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed helped the victims of the fire

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as in target

a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule the victim of schoolyard teasing

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as in sacrifice

something offered to a god the Aztecs are believed to have sacrificed thousands of victims annually to the sun

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Recent Examples of victim In an email to PEOPLE on Wednesday, July 22, the department identified the victim as Roberto Hernandez, 45, and said that his next of kin had been notified. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026 Federal prosecutors said the recruitment system helped Epstein abuse hundreds of victims over decades, while some recruiters later said they had themselves been manipulated, exploited or coerced by Epstein into participating. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 Officers found the victim off the road and started life-saving care, which Independence Fire and ambulance staff continued, according to the release. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026 An autopsy confirmed that the victim had died from fentanyl toxicity. — Mary Lyle, Arkansas Online, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for victim

Recent Examples of Synonyms for victim

Noun

The most recent fatality was on July 11, when a 64-year-old Greek hiker died after collapsing on a trail.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
The eighth fatality was at a similar center in Elektrostal in the Moscow region.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

Definition of fatality

Noun

Thiel is a serious intellectual shaped by René Girard, his mentor at Stanford, whose mimetic theory of violence and sacrifice underpins much of how Thiel sees the world.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 July 2026
For some, evoking death and sacrifice was perplexing and distasteful; a step too far.

— Harry Booth, Time, 17 July 2026

Definition of sacrifice

Noun

If outmoded office buildings end up becoming once again viable as office buildings, Berman’s thesis could end up becoming a casualty of its own transformational success.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
That was part of his wider goal of sending endless waves of bomb-carrying drones and robots to hit Russian encampments in a bid to sharply reduce Ukraine’s casualties.

— Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026