Synonyms of the word

executioner

• n. An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
• n. (archaic) executor.
• n. A hit man, especially being in some organization.

killer

• n. One who or that which kills.
• n. (figuratively) That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure…
• n. (figuratively) Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.
• n. (sports) A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.
• n. A diacritic mark used in Indic scripts to suppress an inherent vowel (e.g., the Hindi viram, the Bengali…
• adj. (slang) Excellent, very good.
• adj. Causing death, destruction, or obliteration.
• adj. Distressing, uncomfortable.

slayer

• n. One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destroyer of life.