Murder

//ˈmɜːdə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "murder" (143 found)

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Translations

379 translations across 101 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • moord noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Albanian

2 entries
  • vras noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • vras verb (deliberately kill)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • φόνος noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • φόνος noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • φονεύω verb (deliberately kill)

Arabic

3 entries
  • قَتْل noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • قَتْلٌ عَمْدٌ noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • قَتَلَ verb (deliberately kill)

Armenian

3 entries
  • սպանություն noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • սպանություն noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • սպանել verb (deliberately kill)

Asturian

1 entries
  • asesinatu noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • qətl noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • qətl noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • öldürmə noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • öldürmə noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Basque

1 entries
  • erailketa noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • забо́йства noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • забо́йства noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • забі́ць verb (deliberately kill)
  • забіва́ць verb (deliberately kill)

Bengali

2 entries
  • খূনকতল noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • কতল করা verb (deliberately kill)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • уби́йство noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • уби́йство noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Burmese

1 entries
  • လူသတ်မှု noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Catalan

3 entries
  • assassinat noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • assassinat noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • assassinar verb (deliberately kill)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • کوشتن noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • کوشتن noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • کوشت verb (deliberately kill)

Chinese

4 entries
  • 殺人 /杀人 noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • 謀殺 /谋杀 noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • 刣人 verb (deliberately kill)
  • 殺人 /杀人 verb (deliberately kill)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 殺人 /杀人 noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • 謀殺 /谋杀 noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • 謀殺 /谋杀 noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • 殺人 /杀人 verb (deliberately kill)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 殺人 /杀人 noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • 謀殺 /谋杀 noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • 謀殺 /谋杀 noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • 殺人 /杀人 verb (deliberately kill)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • оубииство noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Czech

4 entries
  • hejno noun (flock of crows)
  • porod noun (terrible to endure)
  • vražda noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • vražda noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Danish

4 entries
  • mord noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • mord noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • kvæle verb (devour)
  • myrde verb (deliberately kill)

Dari

3 entries
  • آدَمْکُشِی noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • قَتْل noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • کُشْتَار noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Dutch

4 entries
  • doodslag noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • moord noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • moord noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • moord noun (terrible to endure)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • murdo noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • murdo noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • murdi verb (deliberately kill)

Estonian

4 entries
  • mõrv noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • mõrv noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • roim noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • roim noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Finnish

4 entries
  • murha noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • murha noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • murhaava noun (terrible to endure)
  • parvi noun (flock of crows)

French

4 entries
  • assassinat noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • homicide volontaire noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • meurtre noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • meurtre noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Galician

2 entries
  • asasinato noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • asasinato noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მკვლელობა noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • მკვლელობა noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

German

4 entries
  • Mord noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • Mord noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • Mord noun (terrible to endure)
  • mörderisch noun (terrible to endure)

Gothic

3 entries
  • 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍂 noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍂 noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (deliberately kill)

Greek

4 entries
  • ανθρωποκτονία noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • ανθρωποκτονία noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • δολοφονία noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • δολοφονία noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • להקת עורבים noun (flock of crows)
  • סיוט noun (terrible to endure)
  • רֶצַח noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • רֶצַח noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Hindi

4 entries
  • क़त्ल noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • ख़ून noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • घात noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • हत्या noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • gyilkosság noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • gyilkosság noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • meggyilkol verb (deliberately kill)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • morð noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • morð noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • myrða verb (deliberately kill)
  • rústa verb (defeat decisively)

Ido

1 entries
  • ocido noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pembunuhan noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • murhata verb (deliberately kill)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • آدَمْکُشی noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • قَتْل noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • کُشْتار noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Irish

3 entries
  • dúnmharú noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • dúnmharú noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • dúnmharaigh verb (deliberately kill)

Italian

4 entries
  • assassinio noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • assassinio noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • omicidio noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • omicidio noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 殺人 noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • 殺人 noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • 殺人罪 noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • 殺害 noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Kabyle

2 entries
  • timenɣiwt noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • enɣ verb (deliberately kill)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • кісі өлтіру noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • өлтіру noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ការគុត noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • ការឃាត noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • ឃាតកម្ម noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • សម្លាប់ verb (deliberately kill)

Korean

4 entries
  • 모살 noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • 살인 noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • 살인 noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • 살인죄 noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • адам өлтүрүү noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • өлтүрүү noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄາດຕະກຳ noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Latin

4 entries
  • homicīdium noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • homicīdium noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • interfeciō noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • interfectiō noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Latvian

4 entries
  • slepkavība noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • slepkavība noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • noslepkavot verb (deliberately kill)
  • slepkavot verb (deliberately kill)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • nužudymas noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • nužudymas noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • žmogžudystė noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • užmušti verb (express one’s anger at)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • убиство noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • убиство noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Malagasy

2 entries
  • vono noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • vono noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Malay

2 entries
  • pembunuhan noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • pembunuhan noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • കൊല noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • കൊലപാതകം noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • ഹത്യ noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • аллага noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Māori

4 entries
  • kōhuru noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • kōhuru verb (deliberately kill)
  • tōwhare verb (deliberately kill)
  • whakatoke verb (deliberately kill)

Norman

3 entries
  • meurtre noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • meurtre noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • assâsinner verb (deliberately kill)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • kuştin noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • kuştin noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • drepe verb (express one’s anger at)
  • ta knekken på verb (defeat decisively)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • mord noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • mord noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • myrde verb (deliberately kill)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • mord noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • mord noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • myrde verb (deliberately kill)

Occitan

1 entries
  • assassinar verb (deliberately kill)

Ojibwe

2 entries
  • nitaagewin noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • nitaagewin noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Old English

4 entries
  • mansliht noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • mansliht noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • sleġe noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • sleġe noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Old French

1 entries
  • murtre noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • забойство noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Pashto

2 entries
  • قتل noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • وژنه noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Mort noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • Mort noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Polish

4 entries
  • morderstwo noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • morderstwo noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • zabójstwo noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • zabójstwo noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • assassinato noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • assassinato noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • assassínio noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • assassínio noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Punjabi

3 entries
  • ਕਤਲ noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • ਖ਼ੂਨ noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • ਹੱਤਿਆ noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Romanian

2 entries
  • asasinat noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • crimă noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Russian

4 entries
  • мо́крое де́ло noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • мокру́ха noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • уби́йство noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • уби́йство noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • mort noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • mort noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • murt noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • murt noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ubístvo noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • ubístvo noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • umórstvo noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • umórstvo noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Slovak

4 entries
  • vražda noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • vražda noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • vražda noun (terrible to endure)
  • vraždiť verb (deliberately kill)

Slovene

3 entries
  • umor noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • umor noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • umoriti verb (deliberately kill)

Spanish

4 entries
  • asesinato noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • asesinato noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • aniquilar verb (defeat decisively)
  • aplastar verb (defeat decisively)

Swedish

4 entries
  • kråkflock noun (flock of crows)
  • mord noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • mord noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • döda verb (express one’s anger at)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • pagpatay noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • pagpatay noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Tajik

3 entries
  • куштор noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • одамкушӣ noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • қатл noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Tamil

2 entries
  • கொலை noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • கொலை noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Tarifit

2 entries
  • tamenɣiwt noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • tamenɣiwt noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Telugu

2 entries
  • హత్య noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • హత్య noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Thai

1 entries
  • ฆาตกรรม noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Tibetan

4 entries
  • བཀྲོང་པོ noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • ཀྲོངས verb (deliberately kill)
  • ལྐོག་གསོད་གཏོང་བ verb (deliberately kill)
  • ལྐོག་གསོད་བཏང་བ verb (deliberately kill)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • kāwälñe noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • kilim verb (deliberately kill)

Turkish

4 entries
  • adam öldürme noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • adam öldürme noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • cinayet noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • cinayet noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • вби́вство noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • вби́вство noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • уби́вство noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • уби́вство noun (the crime of deliberate killing)

Urdu

2 entries
  • خُون noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • قَتْل noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قاتىللىق noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • qatl etish noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • qotillik noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • (tội) giết người noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • (tội) ám sát noun (the crime of deliberate killing)
  • giết người noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • vụ giết người noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Welsh

3 entries
  • llofruddiaeth noun (an act of deliberate killing)
  • lladd verb (deliberately kill)
  • llofruddio verb (deliberately kill)

Wiradjuri

1 entries
  • baluubuunil verb (deliberately kill)

Xhosa

1 entries
  • ukubulala noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מאָרד noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • ìpànìyàn noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ukubulala noun (an act of deliberate killing)

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

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You are guilty of murder.

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You've got no alibi for the day of the murder.

Source: tatoeba (17671)

To my surprise, the anthropologist was accused of murder.

Source: tatoeba (18921)

We all suspect him of murder.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.