teaser | Definition of teaser

Synonyms and Antonyms of teaser

1 a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another

the teasers were never satisfied until they had caused their victim to burst into tears

Synonyms of teaser

baiter, harasser, heckler, mocker, needler, persecutor, quiz, quizzer, ridiculer, taunter, tease, tormentor (also tormenter), torturer

Words Related to teaser

belittler, derider, detractor, giber (or jiber), insulter, jeerer, scoffer, scorner

smart aleck (also smart alec), smarty (or smartie), smarty-pants, wiseacre, wiseguy

kidder, lampooner, satirist

accuser, blamer, troublemaker

assailant, attacker, molester, victimizer

bother, disturber, pest

Near Antonyms of teaser

defender, deliverer, guard, protector, rescuer, savior (or saviour)

comforter, solace, soother, succorer

bodyguard, champion

2 one who is obnoxiously annoying

he was by nature a teaser, someone who kept testing people to see if they could calmly bear his put-downs

Synonyms of teaser

annoyance, annoyer, bother, gadfly, gnawer, nudnik (also nudnick), nuisance, pain, persecutor, pest, tease

Words Related to teaser

harrier, heckler, interrupter (also interruptor)

harasser, molester, tormentor (also tormenter), torturer

Phrases Synonymous with teaser

pain in the neck

Near Antonyms of teaser

charmer, smoothy (or smoothie)

comforter, solacer, soother