Definition for Assailant:

• Assailing; attacking.

Synonyms for Assailant:

• n.

  •
  • abuser,
  • marauder.
  •
  • attack.
  •aggressor (noun)
  • provoker,
  • initiators,
  • attacker,
  • invaders,
  • initiator,
  • trespasser.
  •attacker (noun)
  • foe,
  • antagonist,
  • bushwhacker,
  • trigger person,
  • opposite number,
  • invader,
  • goon.
  •combatant (noun)
  • man-at-arms,
  • battler,
  • mercenary,
  • gladiator,
  • bully,
  • thug,
  • struggler,
  • soldier,
  • pugilist,
  • adversary,
  • warrior,
  • contestant,
  • competitor,
  • militant,
  • rioter,
  • quarreler,
  • tough,
  • swordsman,
  • rival.
  •enemy (noun)
  • savage,
  • opposition,
  • Archenemy,
  • shrew,
  • unfriendly,
  • sectarian,
  • sanguinary,
  • opposite,
  • Sectary.
  •fighter (noun)
  • person at arms,
  • servicepersons,
  • person at arm,
  • person-at-arm.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ruffian,
  • raider,
  • wife-beater.

Paraphrases for Assailant:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    attacker.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    abuser, offender, executant, attacking.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    aggressor, perpetrator, striker, Assassin, molester, mugger, bomber, gunman, suspect, executor.

Antonyms for Assailant:

• n.

  • attacker
    ally, friend.

Assailant Sentence Examples:

• As John prepared he backed slowly toward the gate, glaring like a wild beast at his assailant.

• One of the travellers leaped from his steed, seized his assailant by the throat, and, holding to his head a loaded pistol, indicated his determination to blow out his brains.

Homophones for Assailant:

• age limit, acclimate, auckland, ACLANT, aslant.