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Definitions for Victim

[1] a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency: a victim of an automobile accident.
[2] a person who is deceived or cheated, as by his or her own emotions or ignorance, by the dishonesty of others, or by some impersonal agency: a victim of misplaced confidence; the victim of a swindler; a victim of an optical illusion.
[3] a person or animal sacrificed or regarded as sacrificed: war victims.
[4] a living creature sacrificed in religious rites.
[5] a person or thing that suffers harm, death, etc, from another or from some adverse act, circumstance, etc victims of tyranny
[6] a person who is tricked or swindled; dupe
[7] a living person or animal sacrificed in a religious rite

Words related to Victim

martyr, fatality, casualty, sufferer, gudgeon, underdog, stooge, pawn, gull, immolation, dupe, patsy, mark, wretch, prey, innocent, pushover, sacrifice, fool, scapegoat

Words nearby Victim

vicomtesse, vicontiel, vicq d'azyr's bundle, vict., victa, victim, victimize, victimless crime, victimology, victoire, victor

Origin of Victim

First recorded in 1490–1500, victim is from the Latin word victima sacrificial animal

Other words from Victim

vic·tim·hood , noun
vic·tim·less , adjective
non·vic·tim , noun

Word origin for Victim

C15: from Latin victima

Synonyms for Victim

casualty, fatality, martyr, sufferer, butt, clown, dupe, fool, gambit, gopher, gudgeon, gull, hireling, immolation, innocent, mark, patsy, pawn, pigeon, prey, pushover, quarry, sacrifice, scapegoat, stooge, sucker, underdog, wretch, babe in woods, easy make, easy mark, hunted, injured party, sitting duck, sitting target, soft touch