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hitman

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈhɪtmæːn/
  • /ˈhɪtmən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: HH IH1 T M AE2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A male contract killer, especially one paid by a mafia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: contract killer

2

noun

Meaning 2

A goalscorer; someone who scores goals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a professional killer who uses a gun

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, torpedo, shooter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: murderer, liquidator, manslayer

History

Etymology

From hit (“to murder”) + -man.

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: vrasës i paguar — contract killer
  • Arabic: قَاتِل مَأْجُور (qātil maʔjūr) — contract killer
  • Belarusian: наёмны забойца (najómny zabójca) — contract killer
  • Bulgarian: нае́мен уби́ец (naémen ubíec) — contract killer
  • Catalan: sicari — contract killer
  • Cebuano: hitman — contract killer
  • Cebuano: tirador — contract killer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 殺手 /杀手 (shāshǒu) — contract killer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合約殺手 /合约杀手 (héyuē shāshǒu) — contract killer
  • Czech: nájemný vrah — contract killer
  • Danish: lejemorder — contract killer
  • Danish: snigmorder — contract killer
  • Dutch: huurmoordenaar — contract killer
  • Dutch: huurdoder — contract killer
  • Esperanto: murdisto — contract killer
  • Esperanto: sikario — contract killer
  • Finnish: palkkamurhaaja — contract killer
  • Finnish: ammattitappaja — contract killer
  • French: tueur à gages — contract killer
  • French: sicaire — contract killer
  • German: Auftragsmörder — contract killer
  • German: Auftragsmörderin — contract killer
  • German: Killer — contract killer
  • German: Killerin — contract killer
  • Greek: εκτελεστής (ektelestís) — contract killer
  • Hebrew: רוצח שכיר (rotséakh sakhír) — contract killer
  • Hungarian: bérgyilkos — contract killer
  • Icelandic: leigumorðingi — contract killer
  • Italian: sicario — contract killer
  • Italian: killer — contract killer
  • Japanese: 殺し屋 (koroshiya) — contract killer
  • Japanese: ヒットマン (hittoman) — contract killer
  • Japanese: キラー (kirā) — contract killer
  • Khmer: បេច្ឈឃាដ (beecchɔɔkhiət) — contract killer
  • Korean: 암살자 (amsalja) — contract killer
  • Latin: sīcārius — contract killer
  • Latvian: slepkava — contract killer
  • Lithuanian: samdomas žudikas — contract killer
  • Macedonian: пла́тен у́биец (pláten úbiec) — contract killer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: leiemorder — contract killer
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leigemordar — contract killer
  • Polish: płatny zabójca — contract killer
  • Polish: cyngiel — contract killer
  • Portuguese: assassino de aluguel — contract killer
  • Portuguese: sicário — contract killer
  • Romanian: killer — contract killer
  • Romanian: asasin — contract killer
  • Romanian: ucigaș — contract killer
  • Romanian: sicar — contract killer
  • Russian: наёмный уби́йца (najómnyj ubíjca) — contract killer
  • Russian: ки́ллер (kíller) — contract killer
  • Serbo-Croatian: plaćeni ubica — contract killer
  • Slovak: nájomný vrah — contract killer
  • Spanish: sicario — contract killer
  • Spanish: asesino a sueldo — contract killer
  • Swedish: yrkesmördare — contract killer
  • Swedish: torped — contract killer
  • Thai: ผู้ลอบสังหาร — contract killer
  • Thai: ผู้ลอบสังหาร (pûu-sɔ̀ɔp-sǎng-hǎan) — contract killer
  • Thai: นักฆ่า (nák-kâa) — contract killer
  • Turkish: kiralık katil — contract killer
  • Turkish: tetikçi — contract killer
  • Ukrainian: на́йманий вби́вця (nájmanyj vbývcja) — contract killer
  • Vietnamese: kẻ ám sát — contract killer
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