Synonyms for vampire
ˈvæm paɪərvam·pire

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1. vampirenoun

   A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)

   Synonyms:
   vampire bat

2. vampirenoun

   Synonyms:
   nosferatu

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1. vampire, lamianoun

   (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living

   Synonyms:
   lamia

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1. • Evil Spirit
   • Folklore

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1. vampirenoun

   Synonyms:
   parasite, bloodsucker

2. vampirenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Zoöl.) vampire-bat

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1. vampirenoun

   Synonyms:
   extortioner, bloodsucker

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1. List of paraphrases for "vampire":

   vamp, vampires, bloodsucker, undead, ghoul, clan

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How to use vampire in a sentence?

1. Sondra Theodore:

   I saw clearly that we were nothing to Hugh Hefner, hugh Hefner was like a vampire. Hugh Hefner sucked the life out of all these young girls for decades.

2. Anna Harrington:

   I'm saving and spending the same amounts as before -- I'm lucky that my job is secure. But this past summer, I bought the oddest things I never would have normally bought -- a sunrise alarm clock, pink fuzzy bunny slippers, the entire Buffy the Vampire CD collection, and vintage furniture from the 1970s.

3. Tori Spelling:

   It was a little bizarre, at first, playing a mother of that age, you always hope, as an actress, that you can go into [ playing someone that age ] gently, first as a mother to a baby, then to a toddler. Only for Lifetime Lesbian Vampire Movie and for James Franco ' would I play a mother of this age.

4. Michael Dobryansky:

   So for patients, when they are investigating places for getting these types of procedures, they need to make sure that the places are actually vampire certified, because there is specific training and there is specific maintenance of certification that that organization requires of its providers in order to be able to both perform the procedures and continuously offer them to patients, if you as a consumer look for that, you're likely to end up in a reputable place.

5. Jessi Davin:

   I almost died from this. I know it's supposed to be funny and s *** t and yeah I get that, but seriously. THIS IS NOT FUNNY. Anorexia is nothing to party about or laugh at. It's real, it's deadly, and should not be marketed as a slutty outfit, want to dress as' Anna Rexia' ? Just go as a Vampire, or a Zombie. Because 1/3 of us are dead.