English noun: assailant | |||
| 1. | assailant (person) someone who attacks | ||
| Synonyms | aggressor, assaulter, attacker | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | offender, wrongdoer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ambusher, avenger, beast, bludgeoner, brute, bully, harasser, harrier, hooligan, iconoclast, lapidator, marauder, night rider, nightrider, piranha, predator, raper, rapist, retaliator, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, savage, shedder, slasher, spiller, stabber, stoner, tough, vulture, wildcat, wolf, yob, yobbo, yobo | ||