The robber attacked her on a back street.
Source: tatoeba (19194)
Robber
/ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)/
Synonyms for "robber" (88 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
con mancorsaircracksmancrookden of thievesembezzlerfilcherfootpadfreebooterganefgangsterghoulgraftergrave robberhighway robberhighwaymanhijackerholdup manhousebreakerjewel thief
Related words (44)
land pirateland sharkland-grabberlarcenerlarcenistliftermuggeroutlawpeculatorpetty thiefpickpocketpilfererpiratepoacherprivateerprowlerpurloinerrafflesriflerroad agent
Show 13 more words
sandbaggerscroungersecond-story manshopliftersneak thiefstealerstickup manswindlerthiefthugtrain robberwhite-collar thiefyegg
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: bandit, bandit, bandits, bank robber, body snatcher.
- Sentence evidence is available for robber, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, opengloss, derived_reverse.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "robber".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "robber"
Keep "robber" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "robber" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "robber", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "robber" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Translations
201 translations across 82 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- grabitës noun (one who robs)
- vjedhës noun (one who robs)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κιξάλλης noun (one who robs)
- λῃστής noun (one who robs)
Arabic
4 entries- سَارِق noun (one who robs)
- سَارِقَة noun (one who robs)
- لِصَّة noun (one who robs)
- لِصّ noun (one who robs)
Armenian
1 entries- ավազակ noun (one who robs)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- soyğunçu noun (one who robs)
Belarusian
2 entries- разбо́йнік noun (one who robs)
- разбо́йніца noun (one who robs)
Bengali
1 entries- ডাকাত noun (one who robs)
Bikol Central
2 entries- mahabas noun (one who robs)
- parahabon noun (one who robs)
Bulgarian
3 entries- разбо́йник noun (one who robs)
- разбо́йница noun (one who robs)
- разбо́йничка noun (one who robs)
Burmese
2 entries- ဓားပြ noun (one who robs)
- ပြင်းဟုပ် noun (one who robs)
Catalan
1 entries- lladre noun (one who robs)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 強盜 /强盗 noun (one who robs)
- 搶匪 /抢匪 noun (one who robs)
- 盜賊 /盗贼 noun (one who robs)
Cornish
2 entries- lader noun (one who robs)
- ladres noun (one who robs)
Czech
4 entries- lupič noun (one who robs)
- lupička noun (one who robs)
- zloděj noun (one who robs)
- zlodějka noun (one who robs)
Danish
1 entries- røver noun (one who robs)
Dutch
1 entries- rover noun (one who robs)
Egyptian
1 entries- a-V4-A-i-i-A24 noun (one who robs)
Esperanto
1 entries- rabisto noun (one who robs)
Estonian
1 entries- röövel noun (one who robs)
Finnish
2 entries- ryöstäjä noun (one who robs)
- ryöväri noun (one who robs)
French
3 entries- bandit noun (one who robs)
- braqueur noun (one who robs)
- brigand noun (one who robs)
Friulian
1 entries- ladron noun (one who robs)
Galician
3 entries- ladra noun (one who robs)
- ladroa noun (one who robs)
- ladrón noun (one who robs)
Georgian
2 entries- მძარცველი noun (one who robs)
- ყაჩაღი noun (one who robs)
German
2 entries- Räuber noun (one who robs)
- Räuberin noun (one who robs)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌰 noun (one who robs)
Greek
1 entries- ληστής noun (one who robs)
Hebrew
1 entries- שׁוֹדֵד noun (one who robs)
Hindi
4 entries- ग़ारत-गर noun (one who robs)
- डकैत noun (one who robs)
- डाकू noun (one who robs)
- दुज़्द noun (one who robs)
Hungarian
1 entries- rabló noun (one who robs)
Icelandic
1 entries- ræningi noun (one who robs)
Indonesian
2 entries- begal noun (one who robs)
- perampok noun (one who robs)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- دُزْد noun (one who robs)
- راهْزَن noun (one who robs)
- سارِق noun (one who robs)
- غارَتْگَر noun (one who robs)
Irish
3 entries- gadaí noun (one who robs)
- robálaí noun (one who robs)
- ropaire noun (one who robs)
Italian
3 entries- ladro noun (one who robs)
- ladrone noun (one who robs)
- rapinatore noun (one who robs)
Japanese
2 entries- 強盗 noun (one who robs)
- 盗賊 noun (one who robs)
Kazakh
4 entries- аламан noun (one who robs)
- баукеспе noun (one who robs)
- жортуылшы noun (one who robs)
- тонаушы noun (one who robs)
Khmer
2 entries- ចោរ noun (one who robs)
- លុម្បក noun (one who robs)
Korean
1 entries- 강도 noun (one who robs)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- каракчы noun (one who robs)
- талоончу noun (one who robs)
Lao
3 entries- ຄົນຂີ້ລັກ noun (one who robs)
- ຄົນລັກຂອງ noun (one who robs)
- ໂຈນ noun (one who robs)
Latin
3 entries- latroncula noun (one who robs)
- lātrunculus noun (one who robs)
- lātrō noun (one who robs)
Latvian
1 entries- laupītājs noun (one who robs)
Lithuanian
1 entries- plėšikas noun (one who robs)
Macedonian
2 entries- разбојник noun (one who robs)
- разбојничка noun (one who robs)
Malay
1 entries- perompak noun (one who robs)
Manx
1 entries- roosteyr noun (one who robs)
Marathi
3 entries- डाकू noun (one who robs)
- दरोडेखोर noun (one who robs)
- लुटारु noun (one who robs)
Meru
1 entries- mwamba noun (one who robs)
Middle English
2 entries- revere noun (one who robs)
- robbour noun (one who robs)
Mongolian
2 entries- дээрэмчин noun (one who robs)
- хулгайч noun (one who robs)
Māori
4 entries- kaiā noun (one who robs)
- keiā noun (one who robs)
- māhurehure noun (one who robs)
- tāhae noun (one who robs)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- eşqiya noun (one who robs)
- heydûd noun (one who robs)
- korsan noun (one who robs)
- nijdevan noun (one who robs)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- raner noun (one who robs)
- røver noun (one who robs)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- ranar noun (one who robs)
- røvar noun (one who robs)
Ojibwe
2 entries- gimoodishkiiwinini noun (one who robs)
- makandwewinini noun (one who robs)
Old English
1 entries- rēafere noun (one who robs)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- اوغری noun (one who robs)
- حرامی noun (one who robs)
- خرسز noun (one who robs)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Reiba noun (one who robs)
Polish
4 entries- rozbójniczka noun (one who robs)
- rozbójnik noun (one who robs)
- złodziej noun (one who robs)
- złodziejka noun (one who robs)
Portuguese
2 entries- ladra noun (one who robs)
- ladrão noun (one who robs)
Romanian
2 entries- jefuitor noun (one who robs)
- tâlhar noun (one who robs)
Russian
4 entries- граби́тель noun (one who robs)
- граби́тельница noun (one who robs)
- разбо́йник noun (one who robs)
- разбо́йница noun (one who robs)
Sanskrit
2 entries- चोर noun (one who robs)
- चोरी noun (one who robs)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- rázbojnica noun (one who robs)
- rázbōjnīk noun (one who robs)
- ра́збо̄јнӣк noun (one who robs)
- ра́збојница noun (one who robs)
Slovak
4 entries- lupič noun (one who robs)
- lupička noun (one who robs)
- zlodej noun (one who robs)
- zlodejka noun (one who robs)
Slovene
4 entries- razbojnica noun (one who robs)
- razbojnik noun (one who robs)
- ropar noun (one who robs)
- roparka noun (one who robs)
Spanish
4 entries- chori noun (one who robs)
- ladrona noun (one who robs)
- ladrón noun (one who robs)
- shacador noun (one who robs)
Swahili
2 entries- mnyang'anyi noun (one who robs)
- mporaji noun (one who robs)
Swedish
2 entries- rånare noun (one who robs)
- rövare noun (one who robs)
Tajik
4 entries- дузд noun (one who robs)
- роҳзан noun (one who robs)
- сориқ noun (one who robs)
- ғоратгар noun (one who robs)
Tatar
1 entries- талаучы noun (one who robs)
Thai
2 entries- โจร noun (one who robs)
- โม่ง noun (one who robs)
Tocharian B
1 entries- wārṣṣe noun (one who robs)
Turkish
3 entries- harami noun (one who robs)
- hırsız noun (one who robs)
- soyguncu noun (one who robs)
Turkmen
2 entries- garakçy noun (one who robs)
- ogurlyk noun (one who robs)
Ukrainian
2 entries- розбі́йник noun (one who robs)
- розбі́йниця noun (one who robs)
Urdu
4 entries- حَرامی noun (one who robs)
- دُزْد noun (one who robs)
- راہْزَن noun (one who robs)
- رَہْزَن noun (one who robs)
Uyghur
2 entries- بۇلاڭچى noun (one who robs)
- قاراقچى noun (one who robs)
Uzbek
4 entries- bosmachi noun (one who robs)
- bosqinchi noun (one who robs)
- qaroqchi noun (one who robs)
- talovchi noun (one who robs)
Vietnamese
3 entries- cường đạo noun (one who robs)
- kẻ cướp noun (one who robs)
- kẻ ăn cướp noun (one who robs)
Welsh
2 entries- lladron noun (one who robs)
- lleidr noun (one who robs)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The robber bashed her head in.
Source: tatoeba (19196)
The robber aimed his gun at the clerk.
Source: tatoeba (19199)
The robber aimed his gun at the police officer.
Source: tatoeba (19201)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "robber"?
Closest matches include bandit, bandit, bandits, bank robber, body snatcher.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "robber"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.