poisoner
Administers fatal doses
A poisoner is someone who kills or harms others using poison.
The term often appears in historical contexts—court intrigues, murder mysteries, or accounts of serial killers who preferred toxins to violence: The poisoner had been adding arsenic to the sugar bowl for months.
It can extend figuratively to anyone who corrupts or contaminates: a poisoner of minds.
Toxic metalloid element
- cyanideToxic carbon-nitrogen compound
- strychnineHighly toxic plant alkaloid
- hemlockPoisonous umbellifer or conifer
- belladonnaToxic herb yielding atropine
ricin · thallium · mercury · lead · nightshade · aconite · digitalis · oleander
Paid murderer of targets
- murdererOne who unlawfully kills
- killerOne who causes death
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
- culpritPerson found guilty
felon · criminal · villain · mastermind · conspirator · schemer · saboteur · malefactor
Quantity of medicine
- administerManage or dispense
- contaminateMake unclean or unsafe
- laceOpen-weave ornamental fabric
- taintMake impure
spike · slip · brew · concoct · mixture · potion · elixir · vial
One who breaks allegiance
- deceiverOne who tricks others
- backstabberDisloyal pretend ally
- double-dealerOne feigning loyalty falsely
- manipulatorOne who controls cunningly
schemer · conspirator · traitor · infiltrator · duplicitous · perfidious · underhanded · sly
Cunning, limbless reptile
- viperFanged toxic serpent
- cobraHooded venomous serpent
- aspVenomous Egyptian serpent
- mambaFast, lethal African serpent
rattlesnake · adder · scorpion · spider · black widow · tarantula · stonefish · pufferfish
arsenic
Toxic metalloid element
- cyanideToxic carbon-nitrogen compound
- strychnineHighly toxic plant alkaloid
- hemlockPoisonous umbellifer or conifer
belladonna · ricin · thallium · mercury · lead · nightshade · aconite · digitalis · oleander · toxin
assassin
Paid murderer of targets
- murdererOne who unlawfully kills
- killerOne who causes death
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
culprit · felon · criminal · villain · mastermind · conspirator · schemer · saboteur · malefactor · infiltrator
dose
Quantity of medicine
- administerManage or dispense
- contaminateMake unclean or unsafe
- laceOpen-weave ornamental fabric
taint · spike · slip · brew · concoct · mixture · potion · elixir · vial · goblet
betrayer
One who breaks allegiance
- deceiverOne who tricks others
- backstabberDisloyal pretend ally
- double-dealerOne feigning loyalty falsely
manipulator · schemer · conspirator · traitor · infiltrator · duplicitous · perfidious · underhanded · sly · deceitful
serpent
Cunning, limbless reptile
mamba · rattlesnake · adder · scorpion · spider · black widow · tarantula · stonefish · pufferfish · jellyfish
- dangersdanger, peril, hazard, risk, menace
- stealthsneak, ninja, creep, spy, skulk
- femme fatalesfemme fatale, seductress, temptress, vixen, enchantress
- attackersaggressor, assailant, attacker, assaulter, ambusher
- Assassinsassassin, hitman, John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Brutus
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
poisonerstrangler
One who kills by constriction
stabber · shooter · assassin · axe murderer · knifeman
- food poisoningSickness from contaminated eating
- poison ivyAllergenic vine causing rash
- rat poisonToxic substance targeting rodents
- arsenic poisoningHarmful exposure to element 33
- sun poisoningSevere reaction to UV overexposure
- poison oakUrushiol-bearing shrub causing dermatitis
poison, poisonous, poisoned, poisoning, poisons, nonpoisonous, poisoners, poisonings, unpoisoned