BAITER Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

baiter

noun

as in tease

a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another I try to ignore the rude comments baiters leave on the website

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as in seducer

one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire my sister is quite the mischievous baiter, always offering candy even though she knows I'm on a diet

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Recent Examples of baiter Like dropping Emmett Till's name in an article about the WNBA All-Star game, that's got to be an all-time rage baiter. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026 Control of the criminal term was ceded to the race-baiters and radical left in an act of political mollification. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026 Rage baiters, in short, reflect the dark side of the attention economy. — Roger J. Kreuz, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025 Judging by the public reaction, this was only the endgame for the royal race-baiters. — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 For many Democrats, however, Kirk was an offensive rage-baiter and the face of the MAGA movement's combative style. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Series stars Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston took to social media to bid farewell to the series and tease at what fans can look forward to in the upcoming installment.

— Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026
As an exciting tease to what’s coming later this year, some journalists were also treated to an information session tied to Samsung Intelligent Eyewear, a family of design-conscious, AI-powered smart glasses.

— Marc Saltzman, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of tease

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Trained as a solicitor 26 years ago, Amrit has built a parallel practice supporting victims of narcissistic abuse, coercive control and violence against women and young girls.

— Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Cohen asked the deputy city solicitor about use of force cases.

— Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Definition of solicitor

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Red is immediately abducted, cut open in an ambulance, and injected with pain-magnifying drugs by his torturers, while Liz accidentally murders the mysterious man surveilling her next door.

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
Aaron escapes his torturers, first by rooting himself in the town’s only movie theater open to Black people, and then by lying about his age and enlisting in the Navy at 16.

— Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026

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Librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte (Enyi Okoronkwo) is promoted to chief fellow party animal and tempter, showing up at Mozart’s door draped in women.

— Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
None of this would work without Jennings’s unsettling performance as a persuasive tempter who nonetheless seems creepy as hell.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025

Definition of tempter

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There’s Chris Hargensen (Alison Thornton), Carrie’s chief tormentor at public school — the one who famously pours pig’s blood on the girl at prom.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026
Lionel Messi is an all-timer (not to mention a frequent Atlanta United tormentor) and, at 39 years old, this may be his last World Cup.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of tormentor

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Earlier on Friday morning local time, Bahrain’s interior ministry said on X sirens had sounded and urged residents to seek safety.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Diving deeper into stories of sirens, nymphs, and of course gods, several ancient dogs had stories of their own.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 24 July 2026

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