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rapist

/ˈɹeɪ.pɪst/

rapist noun: one who has committed rape; someone who raped another person.

Noun

rapist (plural rapists)

  1. One who has committed rape; someone who raped another person.
    Synonyms:
    raper

rapist meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Kannada and Arabic

rapist in Hindi

one who has commited rape
बलात्कारी balātkārī

rapist in Bengali

rapist
ধর্ষক dhorśok

rapist in Kannada

ತುಯ್ಯುಗ

rapist in Arabic

one who has commited rape
مُغْتَصِب muḡtaṣib
More languagesFewer languages
rapist in Malay
perogol
rapist in Indonesian
pemerkosa, perogol
rapist in Persian
تجاوزگر tajâvozgar

Synonyms of rapist

Forms of rapist

pluralrapists

Origin of rapist

From rape + -ist.

Words formed from rapist

Words that rhyme with rapist

Questions about rapist

What does rapist mean?
Rapist means one who has committed rape; someone who raped another person.
What is rapist in Hindi?
Rapist in Hindi is बलात्कारी (balātkārī). See Rapist meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is rapist?
Rapist is a noun.
How do you pronounce rapist?
Rapist is pronounced /ˈɹeɪ.pɪst/.
What is the plural of rapist?
The plural of rapist is rapists.

Words near rapist in the dictionary

  1. Rapinoe
  2. rapinous
  3. rapism
  4. rapismatid
  5. rapismatids
  6. rapist
  7. rapists
  8. Rapla
  9. Rapla County
  10. rapless
  11. Rapley

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rapist (page history and authors); ধর্ষক (Bengali) (page history and authors); rapist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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