predator

C1 Topic:Animals

US /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/ UK /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tə/ See IPA manual

Freq #8531

Meanings

1

noun
An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food.

The deer froze when it sensed a predator nearby.
2

noun
A person who harms or exploits others, especially sexually.

The website was designed to protect children from online predators.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an animal that hunts and... predatory animal

Word family

Forms predators

Derived forms anti-predatorcyberpredatorhyperpredatorinterpredatorkleptopredatormacropredatormicropredatornonpredatorpredatorialpredatoriouspredatorismpredatorlike

Related forms predationpredatory prey

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedātor, from praedor (“loot, pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”).

*gʰed- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Animals Word Formation & Derivatives

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# predator

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tə/
**Frequency rank:** 8531

## Meanings
1. An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food.
2. A person who harms or exploits others, especially sexually.

## Examples
- The deer froze when it sensed a predator nearby.
- The website was designed to protect children from online predators.

## Derived Forms
- anti-predator
- cyberpredator
- hyperpredator
- interpredator
- kleptopredator
- macropredator
- micropredator
- nonpredator
- predatorial
- predatorious
- predatorism
- predatorlike

## Related Forms
- predation
- predatory
- prey

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *gʰed-

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praedātor, from praedor (“loot, pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”).

## AI Etymology
Predator is borrowed from Latin praedātor, from praedor (“loot, pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”). The historical chain includes *gʰed- (Proto-Indo-European). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as anti-predator, cyberpredator, hyperpredator, and interpredator and related forms such as predation, predatory, and prey. In present use it covers an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food and a person who harms or exploits others, especially sexually.

## Topics
- Animals
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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