All cannibal synonyms
can·ni·bal
C c noun cannibal
- savage — fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
- ogre — a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- primitive — being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life.
- brute — If you call someone, usually a man, a brute, you mean that they are rough, violent, and insensitive.
- aborigine — Aborigines are members of the tribes that were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
- ruffian — a tough, lawless person; roughneck; bully.
- anthropophagite — a cannibal
- ogress — a roundel sable.
- head-hunter — a person who engages in headhunting.
- anthropophagus — A cannibal, especially in legends or fables.
- man-eater — an animal, especially a tiger or lion, that eats or is said to eat human flesh.
- beast — You can refer to an animal as a beast, especially if it is a large, dangerous, or unusual one.
- anthropophaginian — (nonce, humorous) One who eats human flesh.
adjective cannibal
- creophagous — flesh-eating or carnivorous
- man-eating — feeding on or having an appetite for human flesh: a man-eating tiger.
- carnivorous — Carnivorous animals eat meat.