knifer
One who stabs
A knifer is someone who uses a knife as a weapon, particularly one who stabs or slashes in an attack.
The term appears most often in news reports of street crime: The knifer fled the scene before police arrived.
Less commonly, it simply means someone skilled with knives.
One who attacks another
- attackerOne who strikes first
- muggerOne who robs violently
- stabberOne who pierces
- slasherKnife-wielding horror villain
thug · gangster · felon · offender · perpetrator · culprit · delinquent · hooligan
Spring-released folding knife
Pierce with point
- slashAngled line or swipe
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- gashDeep, ragged incision
- attackAggressive act against another
assault · cut · lacerate · puncture · maim · injure · bloodshed · brutality
Conveying threat or danger
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
- dangerousApt to cause harm
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
sinister · alarming · frightening · terrifying · coercive · bullying · brandishing · wielding
assailant
One who attacks another
slasher · thug · gangster · felon · offender · perpetrator · culprit · delinquent · hooligan · ruffian
switchblade
Spring-released folding knife
machete · razor · shank · tanto · dirk · blade · steel · edge · sharp · serrated
stab
Pierce with point
attack · assault · cut · lacerate · puncture · maim · injure · bloodshed · brutality · aggression
menacing
Conveying threat or danger
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
- dangerousApt to cause harm
- hostileAggressively unfriendly
aggressive · sinister · alarming · frightening · terrifying · coercive · bullying · brandishing · wielding · confrontational
- butter knifeBlunt spreading utensil
- bread knifeSerrated utensil for loaves
- kitchen knifeSharp cooking implement
- pocket knifeHinged blade with handle
- knife and forkEating utensils pair
- under the knifeUndergoing a medical operation
knife, knifed, knifing, penknife, pocketknife, jackknife, knife-edge, breadknife, knifeman