All cutthroat synonyms
cut·throat
C c adj cutthroat
- ferocious — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- vicious — addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life.
- savage — fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
- barbarous — If you describe something as barbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is rough and uncivilized.
- bloodthirsty — Bloodthirsty people are eager to use violence or display a strong interest in violent things. You can also use bloodthirsty to refer to very violent situations.
- cruel — Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
- dog-eat-dog — marked by destructive or ruthless competition; without self-restraint, ethics, etc.: It's a dog-eat-dog industry.
- merciless — without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
- pitiless — feeling or showing no pity; merciless: pitiless criticism of his last novel.
- relentless — that does not relent; unyieldingly severe, strict, or harsh; unrelenting: a relentless enemy.
- unprincipled — lacking or not based on moral scruples or principles: an unprincipled person; unprincipled behavior.
- hard as nails — tough, durable
adjective cutthroat
- ruthless — without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless: a ruthless tyrant.
- unsparing — not sparing; liberal or profuse; excessive.
- fierce — menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
- aggressive — An aggressive person or animal has a quality of anger and determination that makes them ready to attack other people.
- callous — A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings.
- competitive — Competitive is used to describe situations or activities in which people or firms compete with each other.
noun cutthroat
- manslayer — a person who kills another human being.
- gamesmanship — the use of methods, especially in a sports contest, that are dubious or seemingly improper but not strictly illegal.
- canniness — the quality of being canny
- triggerman — a gangster who specializes in gunning people down.
- murderer — a person who commits murder.
- perpetrator — a person who perpetrates, or commits, an illegal, criminal, or evil act: The perpetrators of this heinous crime must be found and punished to the fullest extent of the law.
- murderess — a woman who commits murder.
- desperado — A desperado is someone who does illegal, violent things without worrying about the danger.
- hit-and-run — guilty of fleeing the scene of an accident or injury one has caused, especially a vehicular accident, thereby attempting to evade being identified and held responsible: a hit-and-run driver.
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- non-enforceable — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
- massacre — the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- slayer — to kill by violence.
- assassin — An assassin is a person who assassinates someone.
- one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.