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predator

noun · 5 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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  • General-American: /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P R EH1 D AH0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Someone who attacks and plunders for gain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A sexual predator.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

any animal that lives by preying on other animals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: predatory animal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

Narrower terms: carnivore

5

noun

Meaning 5

someone who attacks in search of booty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: marauder, vulture, piranha

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter

Narrower terms: moss-trooper

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedātor, from praedor (“loot, pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”).

Across languages

Translations

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: roofdier — animal or organism that hunts
  • Albanian: grabitqar — animal or organism that hunts
  • Southern Altai: барынтычы (barïntïčï) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Arabic: مُفْتَرِس (muftaris) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Arabic: ضَارٍ (ḍārin) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Armenian: գիշատիչ (gišatičʻ) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Azerbaijani: yırtıcı — animal or organism that hunts
  • Bashkir: йыртҡыс (yırtqıs) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Belarusian: драпе́жнік (drapjéžnik) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Belarusian: хіжа́к (xižák) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Breton: preizher — animal or organism that hunts
  • Bulgarian: хи́щник (híštnik) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Catalan: predador — animal or organism that hunts
  • Catalan: depredador — animal or organism that hunts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 掠食者 (lüèshízhě) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天敵 /天敌 (tiāndí) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Czech: dravec — animal or organism that hunts
  • Danish: rovdyr — animal or organism that hunts
  • Dutch: roofdier n roofvis — animal or organism that hunts
  • Dutch: predator — animal or organism that hunts
  • Esperanto: kaperanto — animal or organism that hunts
  • Estonian: kiskja — animal or organism that hunts
  • Faroese: ránsdjór — animal or organism that hunts
  • Faroese: ránsdýr — animal or organism that hunts
  • Finnish: saalistaja — animal or organism that hunts
  • Finnish: peto — animal or organism that hunts
  • French: prédateur — animal or organism that hunts
  • Galician: predador — animal or organism that hunts
  • Georgian: მტაცებელი (mṭacebeli) — animal or organism that hunts
  • German: Raubtier — animal or organism that hunts
  • German: Raubfisch — animal or organism that hunts
  • German: Beutegreifer — animal or organism that hunts
  • German: Prädator — animal or organism that hunts
  • Greek: αρπακτικό (arpaktikó) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Hebrew: טוֹרֵף (toréf) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Hindi: दरिंदा (darindā) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Hungarian: ragadozó — animal or organism that hunts
  • Icelandic: rándýr — animal or organism that hunts
  • Indonesian: pemangsa — animal or organism that hunts
  • Irish: creachadóir — animal or organism that hunts
  • Italian: predatore — animal or organism that hunts
  • Japanese: 天敵 (tenteki) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Kazakh: жыртқыш (jyrtqyş) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Korean: 천적 (cheonjeok) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Northern Kurdish: dirinde — animal or organism that hunts
  • Northern Kurdish: hov — animal or organism that hunts
  • Kyrgyz: жырткыч (jırtkıc) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Latin: praedātor — animal or organism that hunts
  • Latvian: plēsonis — animal or organism that hunts
  • Lithuanian: plėšrūnas — animal or organism that hunts
  • Macedonian: предатор (predator) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Macedonian: грабливец (grablivec) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Malay: pemangsa — animal or organism that hunts
  • Māori: kaikonihi — animal or organism that hunts
  • Mongolian: махчин амьтан (maxčin amʹtan) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rovdyr — animal or organism that hunts
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rovdyr — animal or organism that hunts
  • Pashto: ښکارکوونکی (x̌kārkawūnkay) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Persian: دَرَنْدَه (daranda) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Dari: دَرِنْدَه (darinda) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Iranian Persian: دَرَنْدِه (darande) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Polish: drapieżnik — animal or organism that hunts
  • Portuguese: predador — animal or organism that hunts
  • Romanian: prădător — animal or organism that hunts
  • Russian: хи́щник (xíščnik) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Serbo-Croatian: прѐда̄тор — animal or organism that hunts
  • Serbo-Croatian: prèdātor — animal or organism that hunts
  • Slovak: dravec — animal or organism that hunts
  • Slovene: plenilec — animal or organism that hunts
  • Slovene: ujeda — animal or organism that hunts
  • Lower Sorbian: rubjažne zwěrje — animal or organism that hunts
  • Lower Sorbian: tergate zwěrje — animal or organism that hunts
  • Spanish: predador — animal or organism that hunts
  • Spanish: depredador — animal or organism that hunts
  • Swedish: rovdjur — animal or organism that hunts
  • Swedish: predator — animal or organism that hunts
  • Tajik: дарранда (darranda) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Tatar: ерткыч (yırtqıç) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Thai: นักล่า (nák-lâa) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Thai: ผู้ล่า (pûu-lâa) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Turkish: yırtıcı — animal or organism that hunts
  • Ottoman Turkish: یرتیجی (yırtıcı) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Turkmen: ýyrtyjy — animal or organism that hunts
  • Ukrainian: хижа́к (xyžák) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Urdu: دَرِنْدَہ (darinda) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Uyghur: يىرتقۇچ (yirtquch) — animal or organism that hunts
  • Uzbek: yirtqich — animal or organism that hunts
  • Uzbek: darranda — animal or organism that hunts
  • Vietnamese: động vật ăn thịt — animal or organism that hunts
  • Welsh: rheibiwr — animal or organism that hunts
  • Welsh: ysglyfaethwr — animal or organism that hunts
  • Zazaki: dırıter — animal or organism that hunts
  • Zazaki: dırıtoğ — animal or organism that hunts
  • Catalan: depredador — someone who attacks and plunders
  • Chinese Mandarin: 掠奪者 /掠夺者 (lüèduózhě) — someone who attacks and plunders
  • Galician: predador — someone who attacks and plunders
  • Greek: αρπακτικό (arpaktikó) — someone who attacks and plunders
  • Greek: άρπαγας (árpagas) — someone who attacks and plunders
  • Hungarian: ragadozó — someone who attacks and plunders
  • Italian: predatore — someone who attacks and plunders
  • Italian: predone — someone who attacks and plunders
  • Latin: praedātor — someone who attacks and plunders
  • Māori: konihi — someone who attacks and plunders
  • Portuguese: predador — someone who attacks and plunders
  • Russian: хи́щник (xíščnik) — someone who attacks and plunders
  • Spanish: depredador — someone who attacks and plunders
  • Ukrainian: хижа́к (xyžák) — someone who attacks and plunders
  • Zazaki: nengu eşten — someone who attacks and plunders
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