serial killer

1. 1.

   someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval

   Synonymsserial murderer

   Broadermurderer

   Narrowerspree killer

Questions about serial killer

What does serial killer mean?

serial killer means "someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval".

What is another word for serial killer?

Close synonyms include serial murderer. 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 serial killer a common word?

serial killer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.