AVENGER Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

avenger

noun

Definition of avenger

as in nemesis

one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense a novel about a man who becomes the obsessed avenger of his sister's death

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Recent Examples of avenger Speaking of that last vampire subject, this is also a great episode for Jacob Anderson in the B-plot, as Louis plays the reluctant avenger doing that loveable scoundrel Raglan James’s dirty work in two stand-out action sequences. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 June 2026 Instead, the young, webbed avenger kept limber by performing headstands and flips and cartwheels on the grass. — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2026 But as all the world knows, Edmond Dantès did rise again, transformed from an innocent young sailor into that courtly yet implacable avenger, the Count of Monte Cristo. — Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026 And it was signed, black dahlia avenger. — Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026 By the end of that first half hour, he has been unmasked as the bloody avenger of the backyard. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026 Before she was known as Lady Van Tassel and terrorized the town in New York with her ghostly avenger, Mary went by the name Sarah Archer, a young girl trying to survive her witch of a mother. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026 Kirk had been building his reputation as an imperious, right-wing avenger on college campuses, debating anyone willing to step up to the microphone to challenge him. — Michael Luo, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025 Mangione's image has been merged into memes with Nintendo's Luigi, portraying him as a vigilante avenger of systemic injustice. — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Debbie intervenes to defuse the tension, then gets distracted by the presence of her nemesis, Cha Cha.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
The left-hander had set down 11 straight batters before that swing by Arozarena, a Yankees nemesis for years.

— CBS New York Team, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of nemesis

Noun

With the state report complete, and vigilante sabotage ruled out, Mulholland retook the inquest stand.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
The massacre devastated Wilmington’s flourishing Black middle class and sent a message of impunity to white vigilantes nationwide.

— Namara Smith, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026

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