Abductor

//æbˈdʌk.tɚ//

Synonyms for "abductor" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
abductor muscle

Strong matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
kidnaper

Related words (3)

Noun(2 words)
kidnappersnatcher

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More general

9 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

derived

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derived from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

4 entries

Translations

109 translations across 39 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • مُخْتَطِف noun (kidnapper)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • выкрада́льнік noun (kidnapper)
  • выкрада́льніца noun (kidnapper)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • абдуктор noun (muscle)
  • похити́тел noun (kidnapper)
  • похити́телка noun (kidnapper)

Catalan

4 entries
  • abductor noun (muscle)
  • raptor noun (kidnapper)
  • raptora noun (kidnapper)
  • segrestador noun (kidnapper)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 拐子佬 noun (kidnapper)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 劫持者 noun (kidnapper)
  • 外展肌 noun (muscle)
  • 綁架者 /绑架者 noun (kidnapper)
  • 誘拐者 /诱拐者 noun (kidnapper)

Czech

2 entries
  • únosce noun (kidnapper)
  • únoskyně noun (kidnapper)

Dutch

4 entries
  • abductor noun (muscle)
  • afvoerder noun (muscle)
  • kidnapper noun (kidnapper)
  • ontvoerder noun (kidnapper)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • abdukcia muskolo noun (muscle)
  • abdukcimuskolo noun (muscle)
  • abduktoro noun (muscle)

Estonian

4 entries
  • abduktor noun (muscle)
  • eemaldaja noun (muscle)
  • eemaldajalihas noun (muscle)
  • inimröövija noun (kidnapper)

Finnish

4 entries
  • abduktori noun (muscle)
  • ihmisryöstäjä noun (kidnapper)
  • kidnappaaja noun (kidnapper)
  • loitontaja noun (muscle)

French

4 entries
  • abducteur noun (kidnapper)
  • abducteuse noun (kidnapper)
  • ravisseur noun (kidnapper)
  • ravisseuse noun (kidnapper)

German

3 entries
  • Abduktor noun (muscle)
  • Entführer noun (kidnapper)
  • Entführerin noun (kidnapper)

Greek

2 entries
  • απαγωγέας noun (kidnapper)
  • απαγωγός μυς noun (muscle)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अपहरणकर्ता noun (kidnapper)
  • अपहर्ता noun (kidnapper)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • emberrabló noun (kidnapper)
  • gyermekrabló noun (kidnapper)
  • távolító izom noun (muscle)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • fráfærir noun (muscle)

Irish

1 entries
  • matán abduchtach noun (muscle)

Italian

2 entries
  • rapitore noun (kidnapper)
  • rapitrice noun (kidnapper)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 外転筋 noun (muscle)
  • 誘拐犯 noun (kidnapper)

Korean

4 entries
  • 납치범 noun (kidnapper)
  • 랍치범 noun (kidnapper)
  • 벌림근 noun (muscle)
  • 외전근 noun (muscle)

Latin

3 entries
  • abductor noun (muscle)
  • musculus abductor noun (muscle)
  • raptor noun (kidnapper)

Latvian

2 entries
  • atvilcējs, atvilcējmuskulis noun (muscle)
  • muskulis noun (muscle)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • abduktorius noun (muscle)
  • atitraukiamasis raumuo noun (muscle)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • грабнувач noun (kidnapper)
  • грабнувачка noun (kidnapper)
  • киднапе́р noun (kidnapper)
  • киднапе́рка noun (kidnapper)

Malay

2 entries
  • abduktor noun (muscle)
  • penculik noun (kidnapper)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • abduktor noun (muscle)
  • barnerøver noun (kidnapper)
  • kidnapper noun (kidnapper)
  • kidnapperske noun (kidnapper)

Polish

4 entries
  • abduktor noun (muscle)
  • mięsień odwodziciel noun (muscle)
  • mięsień odwodzący noun (muscle)
  • odwodziciel noun (muscle)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • abdutor noun (muscle)
  • raptor noun (kidnapper)
  • sequestrador noun (kidnapper)

Romanian

3 entries
  • mușchi abductor noun (muscle)
  • răpitoare noun (kidnapper)
  • răpitor noun (kidnapper)

Russian

4 entries
  • абду́ктор noun (muscle)
  • отводя́щая мы́шца noun (muscle)
  • похити́тель noun (kidnapper)
  • похити́тельница noun (kidnapper)

Slovak

2 entries
  • únosca noun (kidnapper)
  • únoskyňa noun (kidnapper)

Slovene

2 entries
  • ugrabitelj noun (kidnapper)
  • ugrabiteljica noun (kidnapper)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • уурчы noun (kidnapper)

Spanish

3 entries
  • abductor noun (muscle)
  • raptor noun (kidnapper)
  • secuestrador noun (kidnapper)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kidnappare noun (kidnapper)

Tamil

2 entries
  • கடத்தல்காரன் noun (kidnapper)
  • கடத்தல்காரர் noun (kidnapper)

Turkish

1 entries
  • abdüktör noun (muscle)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • викрада́ч noun (kidnapper)
  • викрада́чка noun (kidnapper)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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Sami is Layla's abductor.

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Sami escaped his abductor.

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Sami was mistaken for the girl's abductor.

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Yanni may have known his abductor.

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