'Victim' definitions:
Definition of 'victim'
(from WordNet)
noun
An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
noun
A person who is tricked or swindled [syn: victim, dupe]
Definition of 'Victim'
From: GCIDE
- Victim \Vic"tim\, n. [L. victima: cf. F. victime.]
- 1. A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of. [1913 Webster]
- Led like a victim, to my death I'll go. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A person or thing destroyed or sacrificed in the pursuit of an object, or in gratification of a passion; as, a victim to jealousy, lust, or ambition. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Hence, one who is duped, or cheated; a dupe; a gull. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'victim'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- also-ran,
- babe,
- beasts of venery,
- big game,
- boob,
- booby,
- butt,
- byword,
- byword of reproach,
- casualty,
- chump,
- cinch,
- credulous person,
- cull,
- defeatee,
- derision,
- duck,
- dupe,
- easy mark,
- easy pickings,
- fair game,
- fall guy,
- figure of fun,
- fish,
- fool,
- game,
- game loser,
- gazingstock,
- goat,
- gobe-mouches,
- good loser,
- good sport,
- greener,
- greenhorn,
- greeny,
- gudgeon,
- gull,
- hard-luck guy,
- hardcase,
- innocent,
- jest,
- jestingstock,
- joke,
- kill,
- laughingstock,
- leadpipe cinch,
- loser,
- mark,
- martyr,
- mockery,
- monkey,
- object of compassion,
- offering,
- patsy,
- pigeon,
- plaything,
- poor devil,
- poor unfortunate,
- prey,
- prize sap,
- pushover,
- quarry,
- sacrifice,
- sad sack,
- sap,
- saphead,
- scapegoat,
- schlemiel,
- schlimazel,
- sitting duck,
- sport,
- stock,
- stooge,
- sucker,
- sufferer,
- sure loser,
- target,
- the hunted,
- the vanquished,
- toy,
- trusting soul,
- underdog,
- unfortunate,
- venery,
- wretch