The hunter cannot exist without the hunted.
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Hunter
//ˈhʌntɚ//
Synonyms for "hunter" (107 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (53)
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2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
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4 entriesderived
85 entriesShowing 16 of 85 words.
derived from
1 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
Translations
236 translations across 120 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- ашәарыцаҩ noun (person who hunts game)
Ainu
1 entries- イラマンテクㇽ noun (person who hunts game)
Albanian
2 entries- gjahtar noun (person who hunts game)
- gjuetar noun (person who hunts game)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- θηρευτής noun (person who hunts game)
- κυνηγέτης noun (person who hunts game)
- κυνᾱγός noun (person who hunts game)
- ἀγρευτής noun (person who hunts game)
Arabic
4 entries- صياد noun (person who hunts game)
- صياد noun (person who hunts game)
- صَائِد noun (person who hunts game)
- صَيَّاد noun (person who hunts game)
Armenian
1 entries- որսորդ noun (person who hunts game)
Asturian
1 entries- cazador noun (person who hunts game)
Awabakal
1 entries- Coquun name (river in New South Wales)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ovçu noun (person who hunts game)
Bangi
1 entries- mokila noun (person who hunts game)
Bashkir
2 entries- аусы noun (person who hunts game)
- һунарсы noun (person who hunts game)
Basque
1 entries- ehiztari noun (person who hunts game)
Belarusian
3 entries- мыслі́вы noun (person who hunts game)
- мыслі́ўца noun (person who hunts game)
- паляўні́чы noun (person who hunts game)
Bengali
1 entries- শিকারী noun (person who hunts game)
Bulgarian
1 entries- лове́ц noun (person who hunts game)
Burmese
1 entries- မုဆိုး noun (person who hunts game)
Catalan
3 entries- caçador noun (person who hunts game)
- cercador noun (person who searches for something)
- cercadora noun (person who searches for something)
Cebuano
2 entries- tigpangayam noun (person who hunts game)
- tigpusil noun (person who hunts game)
Chechen
1 entries- таллархо noun (person who hunts game)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎦᏃᎭᎵᏙᎯ noun (person who hunts game)
Cheyenne
1 entries- émȯhónéhe noun (person who hunts game)
Chinese
2 entries- 獵人 /猎人 noun (person who hunts game)
- 獵戶 /猎户 noun (person who hunts game)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 獵人 /猎人 noun (person who hunts game)
- 獵戶 /猎户 noun (person who hunts game)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 亨特 name (surname)
- 亨特 name (male or female given name)
- 亨特河 name (river in New South Wales)
- 杭特 name (male or female given name)
Czech
4 entries- lovec noun (person who hunts game)
- lovkyně noun (person who hunts game)
- myslivec noun (person who hunts game)
- myslivkyně noun (person who hunts game)
Danish
4 entries- forfølger noun (person who pursues someone)
- jagthund noun (hunting dog — see also hunting dog)
- jæger noun (person who hunts game)
- jæger noun (person who searches for something)
Dutch
2 entries- jachthond noun (hunting dog — see also hunting dog)
- jager noun (person who hunts game)
Esperanto
2 entries- ĉasanto noun (person who hunts game)
- ĉasisto noun (person who hunts game)
Estonian
2 entries- jahimees noun (person who hunts game)
- kütt noun (person who hunts game)
Ewe
1 entries- adela noun (person who hunts game)
Finnish
1 entries- metsästäjä noun (person who hunts game)
French
4 entries- chasseur noun (person who hunts game)
- chercheur noun (person who searches for something)
- chercheuse noun (person who searches for something)
- cheval de chasse noun (hunting horse)
Galician
1 entries- cazador noun (person who hunts game)
Georgian
2 entries- მონადირე noun (person who hunts game)
- მონადირე ძაღლი noun (hunting dog — see also hunting dog)
German
4 entries- Jäger name (surname)
- Jagdhund noun (hunting dog — see also hunting dog)
- Jäger noun (person who hunts game)
- Jäger noun (person who pursues someone)
Greek
4 entries- κυνηγός noun (person who hunts game)
- κυνηγός noun (person who pursues someone)
- κυνηγός noun (person who searches for something)
- κυνηγόσκυλο noun (hunting dog — see also hunting dog)
Gujarati
1 entries- અહેડી noun (person who hunts game)
Hebrew
2 entries- ייד noun (person who hunts game)
- צַיָּד noun (person who hunts game)
Hindi
4 entries- आहेरी noun (person who hunts game)
- बहेलिया noun (person who hunts game)
- शिकारी noun (person who hunts game)
- सय्याद noun (person who hunts game)
Hungarian
2 entries- vadász noun (person who hunts game)
- vadászkutya noun (hunting dog — see also hunting dog)
Icelandic
1 entries- veiðimaður noun (person who hunts game)
Ingrian
4 entries- jahtimees noun (person who hunts game)
- kyttä noun (person who hunts game)
- kyttämees noun (person who hunts game)
- ohotnikka noun (person who hunts game)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᕼᐊᓐᑕ name (male or female given name)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- شِکارْچی noun (person who hunts game)
- صَیَّاد noun (person who hunts game)
- نَخْجیرْبان noun (person who hunts game)
Irish
4 entries- capall fiaigh noun (hunting horse)
- capall seilge noun (hunting horse)
- fiagaí noun (person who hunts game)
- sealgaire noun (person who hunts game)
Italian
4 entries- cacciatore noun (person who hunts game)
- cacciatore noun (person who pursues someone)
- cane da caccia noun (hunting dog — see also hunting dog)
- cavallo da caccia noun (hunting horse)
Japanese
4 entries- 狩人 noun (person who hunts game)
- 狩犬 noun (hunting dog — see also hunting dog)
- 猟師 noun (person who hunts game)
- 猟犬 noun (hunting dog — see also hunting dog)
Karok
2 entries- ahavishkánvaan noun (person who hunts game)
- akúnvaan noun (person who hunts game)
Kashubian
1 entries- jachtôrz noun (person who hunts game)
Kazakh
1 entries- аңшы noun (person who hunts game)
Khakas
1 entries- аңӌы noun (person who hunts game)
Khiamniungan Naga
2 entries- ūhkūaphái noun (person who hunts animals)
- ūhkūaphái noun (person who hunts animals)
Khmer
2 entries- ប្រមាញ់ noun (person who hunts game)
- ព្រាន noun (person who hunts game)
Kikuyu
1 entries- mũguĩmi noun (person who hunts game)
Korean
3 entries- 렵사 noun (person who hunts game)
- 사냥꾼 noun (person who hunts game)
- 엽사 noun (person who hunts game)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- аңчы noun (person who hunts game)
Lakota
2 entries- wakhúwa noun (person who hunts game)
- wóle wičháša noun (person who hunts game)
Lao
2 entries- ນາຍພານ noun (person who hunts game)
- ພານ noun (person who hunts game)
Latgalian
1 entries- mednīks noun (person who hunts game)
Latin
1 entries- vēnātor noun (person who hunts game)
Latvian
2 entries- medniece noun (person who hunts game)
- mednieks noun (person who hunts game)
Lingala
1 entries- mokila noun (person who hunts game)
Lithuanian
1 entries- medžiotojas noun (person who hunts game)
Lushootseed
1 entries- sʔubədiʔ noun (person who hunts game)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Jeeër noun (person who hunts game)
Lü
1 entries- ᦘᦱᧃ noun (person who hunts game)
Macedonian
1 entries- ловец noun (person who hunts game)
Malay
1 entries- pemburu noun (person who hunts game)
Mongolian
1 entries- анчин noun (person who hunts game)
Māori
4 entries- kaiwhaiwhai noun (person who hunts game)
- kaiwhakangangahu noun (person who hunts game)
- kaiwhakangau noun (person who hunts game)
- kaiwhakarapu noun (person who hunts game)
Navajo
1 entries- naalzheehí noun (person who hunts game)
Nepali
2 entries- शिकारी noun (person who hunts game)
- सिकारी noun (person who hunts game)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- nêçîrvan noun (person who hunts game)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- jeger noun (person who hunts game)
- veidemann noun (person who hunts game)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- jeger noun (person who hunts game)
- veidar noun (person who hunts game)
- veidemann noun (person who hunts game)
Odia
1 entries- ଶିକାରୀ noun (person who hunts game)
Ojibwe
1 entries- giiyosewinini noun (person who hunts game)
Old Galician-Portuguese
1 entries- caçador noun (person who hunts game)
Ossetian
1 entries- цуанон noun (person who hunts game)
Paiwan
1 entries- cinunan noun (person who hunts game)
Pashto
1 entries- صياد noun (person who hunts game)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Jäaja noun (person who hunts game)
- Jäajahunt noun (hunting dog — see also hunting dog)
Polish
4 entries- myśliwa noun (person who hunts game)
- myśliwy noun (person who hunts game)
- łowca noun (person who hunts game)
- łowczyni noun (person who hunts game)
Portuguese
4 entries- buscador noun (person who searches for something)
- buscadora noun (person who searches for something)
- cavalo de caça noun (hunting horse)
- caçador noun (person who hunts game)
Romanian
1 entries- vânător noun (person who hunts game)
Russian
3 entries- лове́ц noun (person who hunts game)
- охо́тник noun (person who hunts game)
- охо́тничья соба́ка noun (hunting dog — see also hunting dog)
Sanskrit
1 entries- लुब्धक noun (person who hunts game)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- lòvac noun (person who hunts game)
- ло̀вац noun (person who hunts game)
Shor
1 entries- аңчы noun (person who hunts game)
Slovak
4 entries- lovec noun (person who hunts game)
- lovkyňa noun (person who hunts game)
- poľovník noun (person who hunts game)
- poľovníčka noun (person who hunts game)
Slovene
2 entries- lovec noun (person who hunts game)
- lovka noun (person who hunts game)
Southern Altai
2 entries- аҥчы noun (person who hunts game)
- уучы noun (person who hunts game)
Spanish
4 entries- buscador noun (person who searches for something)
- buscadora noun (person who searches for something)
- cazador noun (person who hunts game)
- perro de caza noun (hunting dog — see also hunting dog)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- ontiman noun (person who hunts game)
Swahili
2 entries- msasi noun (person who hunts game)
- mwindaji noun (person who hunts game)
Swedish
4 entries- förföljare noun (person who pursues someone)
- jakthund noun (hunting dog — see also hunting dog)
- jägare noun (person who hunts game)
- sökare noun (person who searches for something)
Tagalog
1 entries- mangangaso noun (person who hunts game)
Tajik
2 entries- сайёд noun (person who hunts game)
- шикорчӣ noun (person who hunts game)
Tamil
1 entries- வேட்டைக்காரன் noun (person who hunts game)
Tashelhit
1 entries- ⴰⵏⴳⵓⵎⴰⵔ noun (person who hunts game)
Tatar
2 entries- аучы noun (person who hunts game)
- сунарчы noun (person who hunts game)
Telugu
2 entries- వేటగాడు noun (person who hunts game)
- వేటగాడు noun (person who pursues someone)
Thai
2 entries- นายพราน noun (person who hunts game)
- พราน noun (person who hunts game)
Tocharian B
1 entries- śerwe noun (person who hunts game)
Turkish
2 entries- av köpeği noun (hunting dog — see also hunting dog)
- avcı noun (person who hunts game)
Turkmen
1 entries- awçy noun (person who hunts game)
Tuvan
1 entries- аңчы noun (person who hunts game)
Udmurt
1 entries- нюлэскась noun (person who hunts game)
Ukrainian
2 entries- лове́ць noun (person who hunts game)
- мисли́вець noun (person who hunts game)
Urdu
4 entries- بَہیلِیا noun (person who hunts game)
- شِکار باز noun (person who hunts game)
- شِکاری noun (person who hunts game)
- صَیّاد noun (person who hunts game)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئاڭچى noun (person who hunts game)
Uzbek
1 entries- ovchi noun (person who hunts game)
Venetan
3 entries- casador noun (person who hunts game)
- caẑador noun (person who hunts game)
- ghègher noun (person who hunts game)
Vietnamese
2 entries- người đi săn noun (person who hunts game)
- thợ săn noun (person who hunts game)
Walloon
1 entries- tchesseu noun (person who hunts game)
Welsh
1 entries- heliwr noun (person who hunts game)
West-Frisian
1 entries- jager noun (person who hunts game)
Yakut
1 entries- булчут noun (person who hunts game)
Yiddish
1 entries- יעגער noun (person who hunts game)
Zazaki
1 entries- seydwan (diq) noun (person who hunts game)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
I'm Tom Hunter.
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The hunter aimed a shotgun at the flock of birds.
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The hunter shot at the bird.
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