cannibal

Meaning

1. An organism which eats others of its own or similar species or kind, especially a human or other human-like creature such as a zombie who consumes human flesh.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, obsolete, slang) Ellipsis of cannibal boat.

Synonyms

man-eater

anthropophagite

anthropophagus

ogre

anthropophagous

carnivorous

man-eating

anthropophagist

carnivore

predacious

predatory

cannibalistic

bloodthirsty

headhunter

Translations

cannibale

caníbal

cannibale

Kannibale

antropofago

kannibaal

menseneter

anthropophage

κανίβαλος

caníbal

Menschenfresser

canibal

antropófago

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkænɪbəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caníbal, from Taíno caniba, the Taíno form recorded by Christopher Columbus for the Caribs, who were greatly feared. From an Arawak language, probably Taíno, and ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Doublet of Carib, caribe, Garifuna, Carijona, Kari'na, and Caribbean.