Home › Words › R › ransackerransackerransacker means one who ransacks.EtymologyFrom ransack + -er.nounOne who ransacks.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.ransacking 80% match — An act of ransacking (“searching thoroughly (in order to steal); etc.”) someone or something; an eager search. vs ransacker →ransack 73% match — To search (a place, through things, etc.) thoroughly, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray. vs ransacker →ransackle 73% match — Synonym of ransack. vs ransacker →ravener 64% match — One who, or that which, ravens or plunders. vs ransacker →raker 61% match — A person who uses a rake. vs ransacker →ramraider 60% match — A thief who operates by ramraiding. vs ransacker →pillager 60% match — A person who pillages. vs ransacker →plunderer 59% match — One who plunders or pillages. vs ransacker →