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

2 senses of assassin

Sense 1
assassin, assassinator, bravo -- (a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors")
       => murderer, liquidator, manslayer -- (a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being))

Sense 2
assassin -- (a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders)
       => Muslim, Moslem -- (a believer in or follower of Islam)