Antonyms for martyr
ˈmɑr tərmar·tyr

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.9 / 10 votes

1. martyrnoun

   Antonyms:
   confessor

   Synonyms:
   shaheed, shahid, martyrize

2. martyrverb

   To make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.

   Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr.

   Antonyms:
   confessor

   Synonyms:
   shahid, martyrize, shaheed

3. martyrverb

   To persecute.

   Some religious and other minorities were martyred until extinction.

   Antonyms:
   confessor

   Synonyms:
   martyrize, shaheed, shahid

4. martyrverb

   To torment; to torture.

   Synonyms:
   martyrize

Matched Categories

1. • Kill
   • Torture
   • Victim

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.5 / 22 votes

1. martyr, sufferernoun

   one who suffers for the sake of principle

   Synonyms:
   diseased person, sick person, sufferer

2. martyrverb

   one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion

   Synonyms:
   sufferer

3. martyrverb

   kill as a martyr

   "Saint Sebastian was martyred"

   Synonyms:
   martyrise, martyrize

4. martyr, martyrize, martyriseverb

   torture and torment like a martyr

   Synonyms:
   martyrise, martyrize

How to use martyr in a sentence?

1. Allah Nazar:

   They've turned Baluchistan into a slaughterhouse. And the Baluch nation will hold these perpetrators accountable for each and every drop of Baluch martyr's blood.

2. Indian Interior Minister Rajnath Singh:

   One country's terrorist cannot be a martyr or freedom fighter for anyone, those who provide support, encouragement, sanctuary, safe haven or any assistance to terrorism or terrorists must be isolated.

3. Ryan Pack:

   You say monster, I say martyr. You say murder, I say self-defense. You say legal, I say defective law.

4. Eduard Hanslick:

   The prelude to Tristan and Isolde reminds me of the Italian painting of the martyr whose intestines are slowly being unwound from his body on a reel.

5. The FBI:

   Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh was willing to become a martyr, using his U.S. military training as a weapon for ISIL. Instead, found guilty of his crimes, he is facing a lengthy incarceration.

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