predator

1. 1.

   someone who attacks in search of booty

   Synonymsmaraudervulturepiranha

   Broaderattacker

   Narrowermoss-trooper
2. 2.

   any animal that lives by preying on other animals

   Synonymspredatory animal

   Broaderanimal

   Narrowercarnivore

Other forms of predator

plural

predators·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about predator

What does predator mean?

predator means "someone who attacks in search of booty". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in predator?

predator has 3 syllables: pred-a-tor. The stress falls on "pred". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɛdətɚ/.

What is another word for predator?

Close synonyms include marauder, vulture, piranha, predatory animal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is predator a common word?

predator is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.