Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun abductor

2 senses of abductor

Sense 1
kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor, snatcher -- (someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom))
       => criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor -- (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)
       => captor, capturer -- (a person who captures and holds people or animals)

Sense 2
abductor, abductor muscle -- (a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line)
       => skeletal muscle, striated muscle -- (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)