The locals call this river the "man-eater" and fear it.
Source: tatoeba (3997780)
Man-eater
Synonyms for "man-eater" (88 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (44)
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66 translations across 26 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- մարդակեր noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- adamyeyən noun (animal that eats humans)
- adamyeyən noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
Belarusian
4 entries- людае́д noun (animal that eats humans)
- людае́д noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
- людажэ́рца noun (animal that eats humans)
- людажэ́рца noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
Bulgarian
3 entries- людое́д noun (animal that eats humans)
- людое́д noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
- човекоя́дец noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
Chickasaw
2 entries- hattak-apa' noun (animal that eats humans)
- hattak-apa' noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
Czech
4 entries- kanibal noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
- lidojed noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
- lidožrout noun (animal that eats humans)
- lidožrout noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
Danish
1 entries- menneskeæder noun (animal that eats humans)
Finnish
3 entries- ihmissyöjä noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
- miehennielijä noun (woman)
- miestennielijä noun (woman)
German
3 entries- Menschenfresser noun (animal that eats humans)
- Menschenfresser noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
- Vamp noun (woman)
Hindi
4 entries- नरभक्षक noun (animal that eats humans)
- नरभक्षक noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
- नरभक्षी noun (animal that eats humans)
- नरभक्षी noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
Hungarian
2 entries- emberevő noun (animal that eats humans)
- férfifaló noun (woman)
Icelandic
2 entries- mannæta noun (animal that eats humans)
- mannæta noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
Italian
1 entries- mangiauomini noun (woman)
Latin
1 entries- hominivora noun (animal that eats humans)
Macedonian
1 entries- човеко́јадец noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
Māori
2 entries- kaitangata noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
- mangō-taniwha noun (animal that eats humans)
Persian
2 entries- آدمخوار noun (animal that eats humans)
- آدمخوار noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
Polish
4 entries- antropofag noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
- kanibal noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
- ludojad noun (animal that eats humans)
- ludojad noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
Portuguese
1 entries- canibal noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
Russian
4 entries- канниба́л noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
- людое́д noun (animal that eats humans)
- людое́д noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
- рокова́я же́нщина noun (woman)
Slovak
2 entries- ľudožrút noun (animal that eats humans)
- ľudožrút noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
Slovene
2 entries- ljudožerec noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
- ljudožerka noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
Spanish
4 entries- bajapantalones noun (woman)
- bajapanti noun (woman)
- caníbal noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
- comehombres noun (animal that eats humans)
Swedish
3 entries- manslukerska noun (woman)
- människoätare noun (animal that eats humans)
- människoätare noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
Turkish
2 entries- erkek yiyici noun (woman)
- insan yiyici noun (animal that eats humans)
Ukrainian
4 entries- людоже́р noun (animal that eats humans)
- людоже́р noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
- людої́д noun (animal that eats humans)
- людої́д noun (cannibal — see also cannibal)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Is it a man-eater?
Source: tatoeba (6029464)
And particularly, he knows where to find the primitive substance of the man eater: howsoever evaporate or reduced, as it were, into air or vapour, by sweat or perspiration.
Source: wiktionary
Man-eaters are more newsworthy than three-foot-long harmless sharks with tiny teeth.
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