Assassin

Noun

 * 1) One who is motivated by political reasons or money to intentionally kill a particular person.
 * 2) Any ruthless killer.
 * 3)  A member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group.

Verb

 * 1)  To assassinate.

Adjectives for Assassin
foiled; fiendish; jealous; vile; doomed;cool; professional; cowardly; terrorizing;wolfish; mercenary; viell-meaning.

Verbs for Assassin
evade—; execute—reward—; subdue;—knifes;hire—; martyrize—;—attacks; —conspires;-murders; —slays;—lurks;stabs; —terrorizes.

Thesaurus
killer; man-eater; man-killer; manslayer; massacrer; matador; murderer; pesticide; poison; poisoner; scaremonger; slaughterer; slayer; strangler; terrorist; thug; torpedo; trigger man; Cain; alarmist; apache; assassinator; bloodletter; bloodshedder; bomber; bravo; burker; butcher; button man; cannibal; cutthroat; desperado; eradicator; executioner; exterminator; garroter; gorilla; gun; gunman; gunsel; hatchet man; head-hunter; hit man; homicidal maniac; homicide;

Etymology
From assassin: or  assassino:, from   (haššašīn, hashish users).

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:killer

Derived terms

 * assassinate
 * assassination
 * assassinator


 * assassinatrix
 * royal assassin