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

Police in Idaho confirmed there are fatalities and injuries after the report of an active shooter near an In-N-Out Burger location in Twin Falls on Saturday.

— Vanessa Navarrete, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Twin Falls authorities have not provided the exact number of fatalities but earlier told CNN at least three people had been killed.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of fatality

Noun

An executive nobody had heard of became a target of online attacks for the offense of trying to turn around a fading chicken and biscuits restaurant.

— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
The 2017 legislation also set a goal reaching 90% adequacy statewide by 2027 — a target many advocates even then viewed as improbable, if not impossible.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of target

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