✝️martyr

Meaning

A person who suffers or dies for their beliefs or cause.

A person who is killed because of their religious or political beliefs

Example Sentences

He was hailed as a martyr for defending his faith.

He became a martyr for the cause of freedom and democracy.

Example Expressions

play the martyr

Synonyms

sufferer, victim, saint, hero, sacrifice

Entry 1

sufferer, victim, saint, hero

Entry 2

victim, sacrifice, hero, sufferer, saint

Antonyms

survivor, betrayer, persecutor, oppressor, coward

Entry 1

survivor, betrayer

Entry 2

persecutor, oppressor, survivor, coward

Collocations

martyr for faith, martyr to cause, play the martyr, religious martyr, political martyr, martyr complex, become a martyr

Entry 1

martyr for faith, martyr to cause, play the martyr

Entry 2

religious martyr, political martyr, martyr complex, become a martyr

More Example Sentences

Intellectual martyrs graveyard is to the southwest corner of our school.