nnoun.personsomeone who causes the death of a person or animalSynset:slayer
Derivationally Related Form:killslay
Hypernyms:individual mortal person somebody someone soul
Inherited Hypernyms:killerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:killerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:chokereradicatorexecutionerexterminatorfelo-de-segarrotergarrotterliquidatormanslayermurdererpoisonerpublic executionerregicidestranglersuicideterminatorthrottler
Full Hyponyms:assassinbutchercutthroatelectrocutionerexecutionerexterminatorfratricidegarrotergunmanhangmanhatchet manheadsmaninfanticidemass murderermatricidemurderermurderessparricidepatricidepoisonerregicideripperserial killerspree killersuicide
nnoun.statethe causal agent resulting in deathSynset:cause of death
Examples:- heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States
Derivationally Related Form:kill
Hypernyms:causal agency causal agent cause
Inherited Hypernyms:cause of deathcausal agentphysical entityentity
nnoun.cognitiona difficulty that is hard to deal withExamples:- that exam was a real killer
Derivationally Related Form:kill
Hypernyms:difficulty
Inherited Hypernyms:killerdifficultycognitive factorcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.animalpredatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seasSynset:Orcinus orca grampus killer whale orca sea wolf
Member Holonyms:Orcinus genus Orcinus
Hypernyms:dolphin
Inherited Hypernyms:killer whaledolphintoothed whalewhalecetaceanaquatic mammalplacentalmammalvertebratechordateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity