cannibal
Eater of people
A cannibal is a person who eats human flesh.
The term extends to animals that eat their own species: Some spiders are cannibals.
Cannibalize means to take parts from one thing to repair another: They cannibalized the old car for parts.
The word carries connotations of savagery and taboo violation.
Beast that hunts humans
- Donner PartyIll-fated 1846 wagon train
- headhunterOne who finds executives
- kuruPrion disease from cannibalism
- endocannibalismRitual eating of deceased members
Organism that consumes others
- preyAnimal being hunted
- hunterPursuer of prey
- devouringEating greedily and quickly
- feedingGiving food to
voracious · bloodthirsty · stalking · carnage · savage · consumption · kill · attack
Not allowed
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- abominationLoathsome, detestable thing
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- stigmaMark of dishonor
disgust · prohibition · morality · sacrilege · unthinkable · revulsion · horror · defilement
Ill-fated 1846 wagon train
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- desperationUtter loss of hope
- extremityOutermost part or limit
- life raftInflatable emergency watercraft
shipwreck · famine · siege · stranded · necessity · last resort · ordeal · provisions
Giving up something precious
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- ancestor worshipReligious honoring of forebears
- tribalOf a clan
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
spiritual · funerary · warriors · Aztec · Fiji · headhunting · power transfer · communion
man-eater
Beast that hunts humans
- Donner PartyIll-fated 1846 wagon train
- headhunterOne who finds executives
- kuruPrion disease from cannibalism
Hannibal Lecter · Jeffrey Dahmer · endocannibalism · human flesh · long pig
predator
Organism that consumes others
feeding · voracious · bloodthirsty · stalking · carnage · savage · consumption · kill · attack · victim
forbidden
Not allowed
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- abominationLoathsome, detestable thing
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
stigma · disgust · prohibition · morality · sacrilege · unthinkable · revulsion · horror · defilement · ostracism
Donner Party
Ill-fated 1846 wagon train
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- desperationUtter loss of hope
- extremityOutermost part or limit
life raft · shipwreck · famine · siege · stranded · necessity · last resort · ordeal · provisions · rescue
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- ancestor worshipReligious honoring of forebears
- tribalOf a clan
shaman · spiritual · funerary · warriors · Aztec · Fiji · headhunting · power transfer · communion · rite
- Post-Apocalypsewasteland, fallout, survivors, apocalypse, collapse
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
- apex predatorsgreat white shark, tiger, lion, orca, killer whale
- fairy tale villainswicked stepmother, evil stepmother, witch, ogre, giant
- Gothic horrorghost story, haunted houses, Dracula, vampires, Frankenstein
- wastelanderssurvivor, scavenger, wanderer, nomad, drifter
cannibalvegetarian
One who abstains from flesh
vegan · herbivore · fruitarian · plant-eater · pescatarian
cannibalhumanitarian
Helper of suffering people
life-saver · saint · protector · pacifist · altruist