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 the latter half of the 1970s, Montgomery played a victim in A Case of Rape, accused and acquitted murderer Lizzie Borden in The Legend of Lizzie Borden and a pioneer woman in The Awakening Land. — Justine Fisher, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2026 Through the accounts of victims, friends and family, journalists and police, the series examines the dangerous prisoners. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026 An Iraqi-American woman in the crowd spoke about being a victim of hate crimes and asking what Vollmann thought. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026 Authorities have not released his name, but Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said he was related to seven of the victims. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for victim

Recent Examples of Synonyms for victim

Noun

The death toll related to Isaias has risen to four, with fatalities reported in Florida and Alabama.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
The youth does not appear to be facing charges directly related to the two fatalities.

— Asia Simone Burns, AJC.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of fatality

Noun

This is despite the City of London’s socio-economic diversity taskforce setting a target for half of senior leaders to come from working-class or non-professional backgrounds by 2030.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
The October 2025 cease-fire plan freed the last remaining Israeli hostages and ostensibly ended hostilities, but Israel continues to constantly strike targets in Gaza, often killing civilians, including some 300 children in the past year.

— KHALED ELGINDY, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of target

Noun

Campbell cautioned that this doesn’t mean that the hundreds of other burials in these areas were also victims of human sacrifice.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Travis Roy Rogers plays Darrel Curtis, the eldest who has been forced to take on a parental role and is starting to resent all his unappreciated sacrifices.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026