Synonyms of murderous
15 similar words · 47 opposite words
Another word for murderous is challenging. Other synonyms of murderous are assassinous, killing, arduous, nasty and difficult. The opposite of murderous is nonmurderous.
Synonyms and similar words for murderous
adjectiveOf a person: intending or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty, homicidal.
- assassinous obsoleteMurderous; assassin-like.
Opposite of murderous
adjectiveOf a person: intending or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty, homicidal.
- nonmurderousNot murderous.
- unmurderousNot murderous.
adjectiveVery difficult.
- as a duck takes to waterSynonym of like a duck takes to water.
- basic
- easy
- prosaic
- no-fuss
- easy as 123Extremely easy.
- easy as ABCExtremely easy.
- easy as cakeSynonym of easy as pie.
- easy as pieVery easy.
- easy as falling off a logVery easy.
- easy as rolling off a log
- easy as toffeeVery easy.
- easy-breezyLaid-back and uncomplicated.
- easy peasyVery easy, simple.
- easy peasy Japanesey
- easy peasy lemon squeezyQuick and easy.
- eathEasy; not hard or difficult.
- effortlessWithout effort.
- facile
- idiotproof
- light
- like a duck takes to waterVery naturally; without effort.
- like falling off a log
- like riding a bikeSaid of a skill that, once learned, is never forgotten.
- like robbing a babySynonym of like taking candy from a baby.
- like shelling peasRepetitive, but very easy.
- like shooting fish in a barrelExtremely easy; sometimes with a connotation of triumph but at other times with a connotation of being meaningless and...
- like taking candy from a babyVery easy to achieve.
- natural
- painless
- piss-easy Australia, UKVery easy.
- plain-sailingEasy, simple, straightforward.
- simple
- simple as kiss your handVery easy.
- simplex
- smooth
- soft
- straightforward
- trivial
- troublefree
- unchallengingNot challenging; easy to do.
- uncomplicatedSimple; not complicated; basic.
- undemandingNot demanding.
- undifficultNot difficult.
- yezzy dialectal, obsoleteEasy.
Meaning of murderous
- adjective Of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers.
- adjective Of a person: intending or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty, homicidal.
- adjective Of an object: used to commit murder; capable of causing death; deadly, fatal.
murderous in other languages
Questions about synonyms of murderous
- What is another word for murderous?
- Murderous has 15 synonyms on Word.ws, such as challenging, assassinous, killing, arduous, nasty, difficult, sticky and effortful.
- What is the opposite of murderous?
- The opposite of murderous is nonmurderous.
- What does murderous mean?
- Murderous means of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers.
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