Synonyms for cutthroats
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuht-throht |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌtˌθroʊt |
Top 10 synonyms for cutthroats Other synonyms for the word cutthroats
- bettering
- cageyness
- canniness
- competitive advantage
- competitive edge
- convict
- cunning
- cut-throat
- cutthroat
- enforcer
- executioner
- exterminator
- gangster
- gunman/woman
- gunperson
- hit person
- hit-and-run
- hit-man/woman
- homicide
- hunter
- killer
- lawbreaker
- manslaughterer
- manslayer
- massacrer
- mugger
- murderess
- outfoxing
- outlaw
- outsmarting
- outwitting
- rivaling
- slaughterer
- slayer
- soldier
- thug
- trigger person
- triggerman
Définition of cutthroats
Origin :- 1530s, from cut (v.) + throat (n.). As an adjective from 1560s. Of card games from 1823.
- As in killer : noun murderer
- As in murderer : noun person who kills
- As in one-upmanship : noun back-and-forth competition
- As in manslayer : noun murderer
- As in massacrer : noun murderer
- As in murderess : noun murderer
- As in slaughterer : noun murderer
- As in slayer : noun murderer
- As in triggerman : noun murderer
- As in desperado : noun criminal
- Called to see Gatewood, the first man on the list of cutthroats.
- Extract from : « Narrative of Richard Lee Mason in the Pioneer West, 1819 » by Richard Lee Mason
- What are you doing with this gang of cutthroats and banditti?
- Extract from : « Ride Proud, Rebel! » by Andre Alice Norton
- How, above all, in this place, in this den of thieves and cutthroats?
- Extract from : « Monte-Cristo's Daughter » by Edmund Flagg
- I say we, for I was beginning to take a place in this band of cutthroats when my grandfather died.
- Extract from : « Mauprat » by George Sand
- "Our honorable leader" is not always the captain of a band of cutthroats.
- Extract from : « The Battle with the Slum » by Jacob A. Riis.
- He's up to mischief—that's to bring up the other cutthroats!
- Extract from : « Captured at Tripoli » by Percy F. Westerman
- I was at his mercy, with his cutthroats alongside and the gallows at the back of it.
- Extract from : « Brothers of Peril » by Theodore Goodridge Roberts
- Better that than for her to be carried off by these cutthroats.
- Extract from : « Dick Merriwell Abroad » by Burt L. Standish
- A murmur of admiration ran through the company of cutthroats.
- Extract from : « Deadwood Dick Jr. Branded » by Ed. L. Wheeler
- Page 4, changed "cut-throats" to "cutthroats" for consistency.
- Extract from : « Deadwood Dick Jr. Branded » by Ed. L. Wheeler
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