Link Centre Dictionary

predator

pre·da·tor

UK/ˈpɹɛd.ə.tə/ US/ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/ fairly common informal slang

noun

1.

someone who attacks in search of booty

Synonyms
2.

any animal that lives by preying on other animals

Synonyms

Origin

Borrowed from Latin praedātor, from praedor (“loot, pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”).

Phrases

  • ambush predator
  • apex predator
  • predator bug
  • predator satiation
  • predator saturation
  • sexual predator
  • sit-and-wait predator

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.