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Synonyms for hunter

7 synonyms
1 antonym

noun

Most common

hunting dog seeker sportsman huntsman pursuer

All synonyms

Noun

hunting dog, huntsman, sportsman, seeker, pursuer, nimrod informal US, chaser dated

Antonyms

All antonyms of hunter →

Definitions

n. 1
One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.

Related words

Word family: hunt hunting huntsman
Phrases: hurricane hunter fortune hunter glory hunter hunter's cup caterpillar hunter cyclone hunter night hunter storm hunter

Forms

Plural: hunters → huntsmans, sportsmen, seekers, pursuers…

Example sentences

seeker Claudio was the seeker and Isabella was the hider.
sportsman He looks like a sportsman, but he is a writer.
huntsman Fyodor found a massive huntsman spider inside his tent.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
hunter		rising
seeker		rising
sportsman		steady
huntsman		rising
pursuer		steady

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

By length

6 letters: seeker², chaser², nimrod²
7 letters: pursuer³
8 letters: huntsman²
9 letters: sportsman²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (seeker² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: chasseur
Italiano: cacciatore
Español: caza
Deutsch: Jäger