Synonyms for merciless
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Ruthless
ruthless, pitiless, remorseless, unmerciful, brutal, cruel, savage, inhuman, relentless, ferocious, barbarous, unrelenting, implacable, fierce, cut-throat, unfeeling, inexorable, unpitying, fell, uncompassionate, compassionless, vicious
Definitions
- adj. 1
Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless.
Example sentences
- ruthless The gang is lead by a ruthless criminal called Tom.
- remorseless Bruno reacted in a very remorseless way.
- pitiless The revenge will be pitiless.
- mortal Old bread can sometimes be used as a mortal weapon.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| merciless | rising | |
| ruthless | rising | |
| remorseless | rising | |
| pitiless | rising | |
| unmerciful | rising | |
| mortal | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fell1
- 5 letters
- cruel2
- 6 letters
- brutal2, savage2, fierce1, mortal2, wanton2
- 7 letters
- vicious2, inhuman3
- 8 letters
- ruthless2, pitiless3
- 9 letters
- ferocious3, barbarous3, unfeeling3, unpitying
- 10 letters
- relentless3, implacable4, inexorable5, unmerciful4
- 11 letters
- unrelenting4, remorseless3
- 14 letters
- compassionless
- 15 letters
- uncompassionate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cruel2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- sans merci
- Deutsch
- gnadenlos