drowner

One who sinks

A drowner is someone or something that drowns or causes drowning.

The word appears most often in fantasy contexts—particularly video games and folklore—where drowners are water-dwelling creatures that pull victims under: The swamp was infested with drowners.

Outside such contexts, the word is rare, since English usually just says someone who drowned.

fatality

victim

One harmed by another

deathCessation of life
mortalityState of eventual death
casualtyPerson harmed in disaster

tragedy · accident · fatality · perish · demise · asphyxiation · suffocation · untimely · loss · corpse

water

depths

Lowest or innermost regions

currentDirected flow of charge
undertowSubsurface seaward current
riptideDangerous outward current

waves · tide · whirlpool · flood · river · lake · ocean · sea · pool · canal

danger

hazard

Source of potential harm

perilSerious threat of harm
riskPossibility of harm
unsafeLikely to cause harm

precarious · warning · treacherous · deadly · lethal · vulnerable · helpless · struggling · panicking · flailing

folklore

kelpie

Scottish drowning spirit

nixieAquatic folklore creature
bunyipAboriginal folklore water creature
kappaGreek alphabet's tenth

undine · selkie · merfolk · siren

rescue

lifeguard

Paid swimming supervisor

CPREmergency revival technique
resuscitationRestoring vital functions
flotationAbility to stay afloat

lifebuoy · lifeline · coastguard · survival · buoyancy

drowner

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kelpie

lifeguard

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