Synonyms for aggressor

Most common

assailant · attacker · invader · assaulter

All synonyms

Noun

Antonyms

victim, defender, protector

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

Forms

Plural

aggressors → assailants, attackers, invaders, assaulters…

Example sentences

• attacker Sami has never been able to describe his attacker.
• assailant Miroslav used a knife to hold his assailant back.
• invader The invader keeps blaming the victim for the invasion.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters

invader³

8 letters

attacker³

9 letters

assailant³, assaulter

10 letters

victimizer, victimiser

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (invader³ = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français

agresseur

Italiano

aggressore

Español

agresor

Deutsch

Aggressor

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