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 Unlike the Tribune, none of the outlets Welch spoke with had interviewed the harassment victims, leaving Welch to present a largely one-sided account. — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 Harvey police and investigators arrived to find both victims. — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 The victims have been identified as 19-year-old Chavis Goldson of New Haven and 25-year-old Lorenzo Foreman of West Haven, according to police. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026 By the time firefighters arrived, the victim had already been removed from the water. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for victim

Recent Examples of Synonyms for victim

Noun

Ukraine has seen over 525,000 casualties and 125,000 fatalities.

— Lidia Pilecky, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
The nine fatalities included three guides from Blackbird Mountain Guides and six clients, the Chronicle added.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of fatality

Noun

Fraser’s sculptures at the Whitney realize, in three dimensions, the sacrifice that de Monteflores’s paintings had visualized decades earlier.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
The governor's executive order also states Feehan was posthumously promoted to captain and will receive the Bronze Star and Purple Heart in recognition of his sacrifice.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of sacrifice

Noun

Havoc's innovation was spurred on by success overseas, where Ukraine pioneered drone warfare saving in cost and in human casualties.

— Louisa Moller, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Yet civilian casualties in Gaza and Israel’s destruction of infrastructure and restriction of humanitarian aid quickly raised concerns.

— Dafna H. Rand, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of casualty

Noun

New large-scale research shows that the presence of mountain lions, also known as pumas or cougars, can drastically decrease the number of potentially deadly collisions between deer and vehicles by changing the behavior of their prey.

— Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026
When an insect hits the web, vibrations from the force travel along the threads and help the spider locate the prey.

— Aliasger K. Salem, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2026