victim
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victim
- /ˈvɪktɪm/
- /ˈvɪktəm/
Where it comes from
From Middle French victime, from Latin victima (“sacrificial animal”). Although this root and victor drive from homophonous PIE roots, they are traditionally reconstructed as separate words and thus not cognates.
noun victims
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One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceit, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular
The victim of the robbery gave a detailed statement.
Similar: injured party · Opposite: offender, perpetrator
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One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam.
victims of assault; the murderer's victims
Similar: injured party · Opposite: offender, perpetrator, culprit, criminal, assailant, aggressor
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One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness.
a fundraiser for victims of AIDS; a victim of a car crash
Similar: injured party · Opposite: offender, perpetrator
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One who is harmed or killed as a result of other people's biases, emotions or incompetence, or their own.
a victim of his own pride; a victim of her own incompetence
Similar: injured party · Opposite: offender, perpetrator
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One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition.
relief efforts to help victims of the hurricane
Similar: injured party · Opposite: offender, perpetrator
- A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
- The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
verb victims · victiming · victimed
- To make (something) a victim (especially of a ritual sacrifice); to victimize.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: dupe, victimisation, victimization, abused, brunt, casualty, toll, dead, deceased, prey, suffering, subject, survivor, abducted, aggrieved, patient
Translations
Every language
noun one who is harmed
| Español | víctima |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 희생자 huisaengja |
| 日本語 | 犠牲者 giseisha |
| 中文 | 受害者 shòuhàizhě, 受害人 shòuhài rén |
| हिन्दी | शिकार śikār |
| Português | vítima |
| Français | victime |
| Deutsch | Opfer |
| Italiano | vittima |
| Ελληνικά | θύμα thýma |
| Română | victimă |
| Русский | же́ртва žértva, потерпе́вший poterpévšij, потерпе́вшая poterpévšaja |
| Tiếng Việt | nạn nhân |
| العربية | ضَحِيَّة ḍaḥiyya |
| עברית | קָרְבָּן \ קורבן korbán |
noun one who is harmed by a crime
| Español | víctima |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 피해자 pihaeja |
| 日本語 | 被害者 higaisha |
| 中文 | 被害者 bèihàizhě |
| Português | vítima |
| Français | victime |
| Deutsch | Opfer |
| Italiano | vittima |
| Ελληνικά | θύμα thýma |
| Русский | же́ртва žértva, потерпе́вший poterpévšij, потерпе́вшая poterpévšaja |
| עברית | קָרְבָּן \ קורבן korbán |
noun one who is harmed by a disaster or other adverse circumstance
| Español | víctima |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 희생자 huisaengja |
| 日本語 | 被災者 hisaisha |
| 中文 | 受害者 shòuhàizhě, 犧牲者 /牺牲者 xīshēngzhě |
| Português | vítima |
| Français | victime |
| Deutsch | Opfer |
| Italiano | vittima |
| Ελληνικά | θύμα thýma |
| Русский | же́ртва žértva, пострада́вший postradávšij, потерпе́вший poterpévšij |
| Tiếng Việt | nạn nhân |
| עברית | חָלָל khalal, נפגע nifga' |
noun a living being slain and offered as a sacrifice
| Español | víctima |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 희생 huisaeng, 희생물 huisaengmul |
| 日本語 | 犠牲 gisei, 生贄 ikenie |
| 中文 | 犧牲品 /牺牲品 xīshēngpǐn |
| Português | vítima, sacrifício |
| Français | victime |
| Deutsch | Opfer |
| Italiano | vittima |
| Ελληνικά | θύμα thýma |
| Română | victimă, jertfă |
| Русский | же́ртва žértva |
| Tiếng Việt | lễ vật |
| العربية | أُضْحِيَّة ʔuḍḥiyya |
| עברית | קָרְבָּן \ קורבן korbán |
Talk about this word "victim." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/victim. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. victim. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/victim "victim." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/victim.Cite this
@misc{victim_2026,
title = {victim},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/victim},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
