Antonyms of noun sadist

1 sense of sadist

Sense 1
sadist -- (someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others)
       Antonym of masochist (Sense 1)
      => masochist -- (someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment)

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

1 sense of sadist

Sense 1
sadist -- (someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others)
       => pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate -- (a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior)