Killer Definition

kĭlər
killers
noun
killers
A person, animal, or thing that kills, esp. one that kills habitually or wantonly.
Webster's New World

Killer whale.

Webster's New World
Something devastating, difficult, hard to cope with, etc.
Webster's New World
An extremely successful, impressive, exciting, etc. person or thing.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
That kills or has the potential for killing.
A killer storm.
Webster's New World
Causing death or destruction.
Killer floods.
American Heritage
Very difficult, hard to cope with, etc.
Webster's New World
Successful, impressive, exciting, etc.
Webster's New World
Extremely useful or indispensible.
A killer web application.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Killer

Noun

Singular:
killer
Plural:
killers

Origin of Killer

  • kill + -er.

    From Wiktionary

Killer Sentence Examples

  • The killer could have found it days later.

  • It appeared our Delabama killer had a name.

  • This killer of Miss Washington is your most dire threat to date.

  • Howie nailed it on the first try, managed to catch a license plate number, and a killer was apprehended in hours.

  • Was it possible this was the same killer we were tracking, fifteen years later?

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Words Starting With

KKIKIL

Words Ending With

RERLER

Unscrambles

killer

Words Starting With K and Ending With R

Starts With K & Ends With RStarts With KI & Ends With RStarts With K & Ends With ER

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With K6 Letter Words Ending With R