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

2 senses of bounty hunter

Sense 1
bounty hunter -- (someone who pursues fugitives or criminals for whom a reward is offered)
       => pursuer, chaser -- (a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture; "always before he had been able to outwit his pursuers")

Sense 2
bounty hunter -- (a hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty)
       => hunter, huntsman -- (someone who hunts game)