killer

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of KILLER

a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work <weeding out that overgrown garden is going to be a killer>

Synonyms bear, beast, headache, job, killer, labor

Related Words drudgery, grind, heavy lifting, lucubration; effort, strain, sweat; burden, load, weight; bother, nuisance, trouble

Near Antonyms breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, kid stuff, setup, snap

a person who kills another person <gunned down by hired killers>

Synonyms cutthroat, homicide, killer, manslayer, murderer

Related Words bravo, hit man, torpedo, triggerman; butcher, executioner, massacrer, slaughterer, slayer; murderess

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