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rapist

noun · 2 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹeɪ.pɪst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪpɪst
  • CMU ARPABET: R EY1 P IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who has committed rape; someone who raped another person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: raper

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: raper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter, criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English rape Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English rapist From rape + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُغْتَصِب (muḡtaṣib) — one who has commited rape
  • Armenian: բռնաբարիչ (bṙnabaričʻ) — one who has commited rape
  • Armenian: բռնաբարող (bṙnabaroġ) — one who has commited rape
  • Belarusian: гвалтаўні́к (hvaltawník) — one who has commited rape
  • Belarusian: гвалто́ўнік (hvaltównik) — one who has commited rape
  • Bulgarian: наси́лник (nasílnik) — one who has commited rape
  • Catalan: violador — one who has commited rape
  • Chinese Mandarin: 強姦者 /强奸者 (qiángjiānzhě) — one who has commited rape
  • Chinese Mandarin: 強暴者 /强暴者 (qiángbàozhě) — one who has commited rape
  • Chinese Mandarin: 強姦犯 /强奸犯 (qiángjiānfàn) — one who has commited rape
  • Crimean Tatar: zorba — one who has commited rape
  • Czech: násilník — one who has commited rape
  • Czech: násilnice — one who has commited rape
  • Danish: voldtægtsmand — one who has commited rape
  • Danish: voldtægtskvinde — one who has commited rape
  • Dutch: verkrachter — one who has commited rape
  • Dutch: verkrachtster — one who has commited rape
  • Finnish: raiskaaja — one who has commited rape
  • French: violeur — one who has commited rape
  • French: violeuse — one who has commited rape
  • Georgian: გამაუპატიურებელი (gamauṗaṭiurebeli) — one who has commited rape
  • German: Vergewaltiger — one who has commited rape
  • German: Vergewaltigerin — one who has commited rape
  • Greek: βιαστής (viastís) — one who has commited rape
  • Greek: βιαστής (biastḗs) — one who has commited rape
  • Hindi: बलात्कारी (balātkārī) — one who has commited rape
  • Hungarian: erőszaktevő — one who has commited rape
  • Hungarian: erőszakoló — one who has commited rape
  • Icelandic: nauðgari — one who has commited rape
  • Indonesian: pemerkosa — one who has commited rape
  • Indonesian: perogol — one who has commited rape
  • Italian: stupratore — one who has commited rape
  • Italian: stupratrice — one who has commited rape
  • Japanese: 強姦犯 (gōkanhan) — one who has commited rape
  • Japanese: 強姦者 (gōkansha) — one who has commited rape
  • Japanese: レイピスト (reipisuto) — one who has commited rape
  • Japanese: レイパー (reipā) — one who has commited rape
  • Kazakh: зорлаушы (zorlauşy) — one who has commited rape
  • Kazakh: зорлықшы (zorlyqşy) — one who has commited rape
  • Korean: 강간범 (gangganbeom) — one who has commited rape
  • Korean: 강간자 (gangganja) — one who has commited rape
  • Kyrgyz: зомбучул (zombucul) — one who has commited rape
  • Latin: stuprator — one who has commited rape
  • Latin: stupratrix — one who has commited rape
  • Latin: constuprātor — one who has commited rape
  • Macedonian: силувач (siluvač) — one who has commited rape
  • Malay: perogol — one who has commited rape
  • Māori: kaipāwhera — one who has commited rape
  • Norwegian Bokmål: voldtektsforbryter — one who has commited rape
  • Norwegian Bokmål: voldtektsmann — one who has commited rape
  • Norwegian Bokmål: voldtektskvinne — one who has commited rape
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: valdtektsforbrytar — one who has commited rape
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: valdtektsmann — one who has commited rape
  • Persian: تجاوزگر (tajâvozgar) — one who has commited rape
  • Polish: gwałciciel — one who has commited rape
  • Polish: gwałcicielka — one who has commited rape
  • Portuguese: estuprador — one who has commited rape
  • Portuguese: estupradora — one who has commited rape
  • Portuguese: violador — one who has commited rape
  • Portuguese: violadora — one who has commited rape
  • Romanian: violator — one who has commited rape
  • Romanian: violatoare — one who has commited rape
  • Russian: наси́льник (nasílʹnik) — one who has commited rape
  • Russian: наси́льница (nasílʹnica) — one who has commited rape
  • Russian: наси́лователь (nasílovatelʹ) — one who has commited rape
  • Russian: наси́ловательница (nasílovatelʹnica) — one who has commited rape
  • Serbo-Croatian: насилник — one who has commited rape
  • Serbo-Croatian: силоватељ — one who has commited rape
  • Serbo-Croatian: силеџија — one who has commited rape
  • Serbo-Croatian: nasilnik — one who has commited rape
  • Serbo-Croatian: silovatelj — one who has commited rape
  • Serbo-Croatian: siledžija — one who has commited rape
  • Slovak: násilník — one who has commited rape
  • Slovak: násilníčka — one who has commited rape
  • Slovene: posiljevalec — one who has commited rape
  • Slovene: posiljevalka — one who has commited rape
  • Spanish: violador — one who has commited rape
  • Spanish: violadora — one who has commited rape
  • Swahili: mbakaji — one who has commited rape
  • Swedish: våldtäktsman — one who has commited rape
  • Swedish: våldtäktskvinna — one who has commited rape
  • Tajik: таҷовузгар (tajovuzgar) — one who has commited rape
  • Turkish: tecavüzcü — one who has commited rape
  • Ukrainian: ґвалтівни́к (gvaltivnýk) — one who has commited rape
  • Ukrainian: наси́льник (nasýlʹnyk) — one who has commited rape
  • Uzbek: tajovuzkor — one who has commited rape
  • Uzbek: zoʻravon — one who has commited rape
Real reading context

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