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 Authorities say the victim was treated for their injuries at the scene. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026 Johnson and Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert both said the victims and their families would be in their thoughts. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026 Palm Beach County Mayor Sara Baxter asked for sympathy for the crash victims. — David Fischer, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026 According to Greek mythology, every nine years Athens had to send fourteen young people to the Minotaur’s labyrinth, in Crete, where they were devoured as sacrificial victims. — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for victim

Recent Examples of Synonyms for victim

Noun

According to Kansas City Police Department data, the fatal crash is Kansas City’s 57th traffic fatality this year.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
His death appeared to be the first fatality involving a horse carriage in Central Park since the rides began.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of fatality

Noun

More than half of the DOGE firing targets were Black, the Post found, while nearly one-third were white, 13% were Asian, and 8% were Hispanic.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Its target lay thousands of miles away in northwestern Russia.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of target

Noun

But research shows that if a vampire bat comes back to its colony hungry, other bats will step in and regurgitate blood to share—a costly but lifesaving sacrifice.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
What's particularly concerning is that many of these borrowers are already making significant financial sacrifices to stay current on their payments.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026