Synonyms of victim

victim

noun

ˈvik-təm 

1

as in fatality

a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed

helped the victims of the fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fatality
• casualty
• prey
• martyr
• loss
• loser
• sacrifice
• underdog
• collateral damage
• murderee

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• winner
• victor
• gainer
• murderer
• killer
• assassin
• injurer
• harmer

2

as in target

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

the victim of schoolyard teasing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• target
• prey
• butt
• sitting duck
• mark
• mockery
• scapegoat
• goat
• laughingstock
• lightning rod
• pilgarlic
• fall guy
• whipping boy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• troublemaker
• gossip
• defamer
• gossiper
• tattler
• tattletale
• tormentor
• torturer
• talebearer
• traducer
• libeler
• heckler
• baiter
• tease
• taunter
• teaser
• mocker
• needler
• insulter
• scorner
• scoffer
• ribber
• satirist
• libelist
• caricaturist
• parodist
• lampooner
• derider
• ridiculer

3

as in sacrifice

something offered to a god

the Aztecs are believed to have sacrificed thousands of victims annually to the sun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sacrifice
• offering
• immolation
• contribution
• donation
• libation
• holocaust
• propitiation
• oblation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of victim

The victim started to drive toward 71st Street, and Valdivia ran after him and fired his gun multiple times, hitting the rear window of the car, according to the report. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

Some of the victims went missing on their routine jogs, others just went about their work. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026

Assault squad detectives were notified Saturday that the victim died from his injuries. — Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026

Chris, a surgical resident at a New Jersey hospital who joins his brother on his days off, had been held up performing a right hemicolectomy on a gunshot victim. — Arthur Holland Michel, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026