Synonyms for homicide
ˈhɒm əˌsaɪd, ˈhoʊ mə-homi·cide

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1. homicidenoun

   Synonyms:
   first-degree murder, murderer, killer, assassin, manslaughter, assassination, killing, murder, second-degree murder, man-slayer

2. homicidenoun

   The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.

   Synonyms:
   manslaughter, assassin, second-degree murder, killing, murderer, assassination, killer, murder, first-degree murder, man-slayer

3. homicidenoun

   A person who kills another.

   Synonyms:
   assassin, murder, man-slayer, first-degree murder, assassination, second-degree murder, manslaughter, killing, murderer, killer

4. homicidenoun

   A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.

   Synonyms:
   second-degree murder, manslaughter, murder, killer, murderer, man-slayer, first-degree murder, assassin, killing, assassination

Princeton's WordNet

1. homicidenoun

   the killing of a human being by another human being

Matched Categories

1. • Killing

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. homicidenoun

   Synonyms:
   manslaughter, MURDER

2. homicidenoun

   Synonyms:
   manslayer

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1. List of paraphrases for "homicide":

   manslaughter, murder, homicidal, killing, crim, murders, killings

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1. List of known nicknames for "Homicide":

   The Latin Terror, Nelson Rodriguez Erazo

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1. San Jose Police Department:

   Yes you read that correctly, two homicide suspects, charged, out of custody, our community deserves better, the victim’s family deserve [sic] better. The taking of someone’s life is the ultimate crime. The system has failed.

2. Justin Berry:

   Look at our homicide rates, they’re through the roof right now.

3. Kamala Harris:

   I took a look at who the homicide victims were who were under the age of 25.

4. Jim Kenney:

   The volume of guns that are in circulation in our communities is at a record high, [Crime guns] join a sea of illegal and legal guns that are accessible in the heat of the moment, turning what could have stayed an argument into a homicide.

5. Charles Hennekens:

   We need more analytic studies on this, but in the meanwhile, we believe that trying to combat the epidemic of homicide due to firearms without addressing firearms is like combating the epidemic of lung cancer due to cigarettes without combating cigarettes, to me, it's tragic that this is going on.