ACCUSER Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

accuser

noun

Definition of accuser

as in harasser

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as in petitioner

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Recent Examples of accuser Only one accuser, Ogechi Chieke, has sued the artist, and that case is ongoing. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 13 Nov. 2026 Goldsmith said the injunction was to protect her family from that allegedly antisemitic accuser — not to besmirch the woman on Brand’s behalf. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026 Pickett denies the allegations and has filed a defamation lawsuit against his accuser. — Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Nov. 2026 The campus tribunals require a low burden of proof, which rarely allows the accused to cross-examine the accuser, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026 James has said that her investigation will be fair and fact-based and that her social media remarks, which were made before she was appointed to handle the case, were based on empathy for the accuser. — Shayna Jacobs, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2026 Although Roberts accuser is anonymous in the official paperwork, a woman named Jazzma Kendrick posted a series of allegations against Roberts that aligned with the claims against him on social media in September. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2026 Several of Joseph’s sisters also voiced support for his accuser shortly after he was charged in March. — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2026 Housing officials left the student in the room for two weeks after the accuser’s lawsuit publicly named him, prompting a professor to call the arrangement a security risk. — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for accuser

Noun

Parton’s ability to become the harasser without falling into some version of male drag makes this short sequence far superior to the many films with a similar premise that followed.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
White stars can help by publicly supporting their Black colleagues, who are especially targeted by online trolls and harassers.

— Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of harasser

Noun

In hundreds more cases, judges failed to appoint a lawyer at all, held hearings where petitioners went unrepresented or allowed a lawyer to drop a case, leaving the client stranded on appeal.

— Samantha Melamed, ProPublica, 9 Nov. 2026
But on the criminal side, prosecutors help petitioners pull together information about whether a defendant has guns that need to be confiscated, which then gets forwarded on to the relevant law enforcement agency.

— Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of petitioner

Noun

Getting this particular group of troublemakers together began with Rossum embarking on a retro viewing project several summers back.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026
That leaves it in a diagnostic gray zone, not quite a harmless freeloader and not always a troublemaker either.

— Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of troublemaker

Noun

Commercial cases are more complex, typically involving hundreds of pages of appraisals and legalese from the appellant.

— Alex Nitkin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
If the appeals court affirms the conviction, the handbook says the appellant can then petition the United States Supreme Court for a certiorari review.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 12 May 2026

Definition of appellant

Noun

Rather than requiring individual defendants to prove Woods tampered with evidence in their cases, attorneys want the state to demonstrate that misconduct did not occur.

— Tori Mason, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
The lawsuit, which names both Maden and Algerio, in addition to the City of New York, accuses the defendants of excessive force, false arrest, unlawful seizure and failure to intervene, among other violations.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of defendant

Noun

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

Definition of torturer

Noun

According to court documents, GEO and the plaintiffs reached a settlement on Monday.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
These suits closely mirror one filed by Jason Isbell and others in September, which claimed Suno created imitations of the plaintiffs but did not claim copyright infringement directly.

— Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 8 Nov. 2026

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