cannibal

/ˈkænɪbəl/

noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

female, invited, known, weaker

VERB + CANNIBAL

bit, cannot, eat, found, isn't, progress, shot

CANNIBAL + NOUN

corpse, insect, knife, scorpion, teacher

ADV.

officially, quietly

Definitions

noun

An organism which eats others of its own or similar species or kind, especially a human or other human-like creature such as a zombie who consumes human flesh.

These insects were not uncommon beneath stones. I found one cannibal scorpion quietly devouring another.

Up the cave I went, and after me came the others, and after them thundered the whole crowd of cannibals, mad with fury at the death of the woman.

Ellipsis of cannibal boat.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a person who eats human flesh

man-eater
anthropophagus
anthropophagite

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

These insects were not uncommon beneath stones. I found one cannibal scorpion quietly devouring another.

Wiktionary

Up the cave I went, and after me came the others, and after them thundered the whole crowd of cannibals, mad with fury at the death of the woman.

Wiktionary

[…] that the larvae of Thecla calanus is a cannibal, eating its weaker brethren when short of food.

Wiktionary

Save a human. Eat a cannibal.

Tatoeba · #451569

Then you cannot be a cannibal.

Tatoeba · #2095551

Is it a progress if a cannibal is using a knife and fork?

Tatoeba · #2436416

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, cannibal is marked as obsolete, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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