VAMPIRES Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

vampires

noun

plural of vampire

as in predators

a person who habitually preys upon others regarded debt collectors as vampires who made a living from the misery of others

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Recent Examples of vampires Her superpower had nothing to do with vampires and everything to do with her staggering talent. — Judy Berman, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 Bedbugs are sometimes called the vampires of the insect world — hiding during the day and coming out at night to feast on human blood. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 The show followed Buffy Summers, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, as a high school student who also saves the world from vampires and demons. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 31 July 2026 Over the course of 22 episodes, the Doomies crew encounters vampires, parasitic demons, vicious mermaids, and some spirits specific to French folklore, all rendered as real threats towards our heroes. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 July 2026 So far, this season has been a heady ritual of self-interrogation and self-deception for both vampires. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2026 The series — which followed a doctor pitted against his best friends in his efforts to prevent an ancient disease that turns people into vampires — seemed to find its audience. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026 The film follows Gro (Ezeudu-Sterling), a lonely night-shift worker raised by vampires, who discovers she’s adopted and will never become one of them. — Jennie Punter, Variety, 14 July 2026 Meanwhile, Xander is seen sitting in a chair reading a book about vampires, as Willow sits in a circle of candles casting a spell, with ghosts watching them through the window. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026

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Noun

Dolphins are versatile predators that adjust their diet based on local prey availability, Callan said.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026
Unfortunately, there are a lot of examples of these predators and the way that the justice system can’t really provide peace for survivors of these things.

— Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of predators

Noun

The practice of cutting fins off live sharks and throwing the carcasses back into the sea is banned in much of the Pacific Ocean, but persists due to demand in East and Southeast Asia.

— CBS News, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
DeRisi told me how, a few years ago, there was a large die-off of leopard sharks in the San Francisco Bay.

— Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026

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