KILLERS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

killers

noun

plural of killer

as in headaches

a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work weeding out that overgrown garden is going to be a killer

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as in murderers

a person who kills another person gunned down by hired killers

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Recent Examples of killers Prosecutors described a subculture within that online network that glorifies mass killers and encourages imitation. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Since the nineteen-nineties, a Korean New Wave had been praised for embedding capitalist critique in movies packed with monsters, slithering octopuses, killers, and killer cops. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 This touring exhibition devoted to serial killers and criminology claims to have the largest collection of authentic true-crime artifacts in the country, including psychiatric reports and personal belongings. — Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Plenty of killers have been unmasked over the years, and the bodies have piled up in increasingly inventive ways. — Scott Shilstone, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 Rita, whose parents were renowned as peacemakers, forgave her husband's killers. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Antiseptic mouthwashes built around chlorhexidine gluconate are heavy-duty bacteria killers, usually prescription only. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026 The second season promises a more diverse selection of killers for our man and his boy to hunt down. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026 Free-trial and multi-account abuse are the quiet killers of AI unit economics, and businesses often discover the damage only after their margins are gone. — Sarita Singh, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026

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Noun

In Meta’s case, creepy video-recording incidents and privacy-light tampering have caused severe headaches for the company.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Neurological symptoms, like persistent headaches, may also warrant seeing a doctor.

— Angelica Stabile , Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of headaches

Noun

The protection of American jobs justified the chains of bondage, or so the argument went.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Engagement is often seen as a metric about sentiment that can be measured and tracked, but is treated as something employees bring—or fail to bring—to their jobs.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of jobs

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Based on Nick Harkaway’s novel The Price You Pay, the show follows Jackie Price, a former drug queenpin hunted by seven elite assassins.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
The final sequence bookends the first with River, Sid, and Coe once again being stalked by the assassins but this time getting the worst of it.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026