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 Hochul said the district attorney closed the investigation without interviewing the accuser or others, while Cornell police failed to relay key details of her account to prosecutors. — Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Current law says that if an accuser knowingly and willingly drinks too much, there is no crime for someone else to take advantage of the accuser’s incapacitation. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026 Both Evans and the recent accuser are representing themselves in the matter. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026 Another accuser, Jessica Mann, testified that Weinstein raped her at a New York hotel in 2013. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026 Though her name is redacted from the Massachusetts case, a source with knowledge of the charges confirmed that the same accuser is involved in both cases. — Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026 Police won't say what church in Grapevine Ramos was associated with or anything about the circumstances to protect the identity of the child accuser. — J.d. Miles, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 That lawsuit, filed in November 2023, was dismissed in February after a New York judge ruled that the accuser had waited too long to bring the case, according to previous reporting. — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026 The house’s fragile order begins to fracture as an accuser arrives to confront his abuser, bringing with him a storm of unspoken memories. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Sep. 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

Speaking at the 9/11 memorial ceremony, the son of one of the victims, in an impassioned plea, called on troublemakers to stop using the day to spread Islamophobia and hate.

— Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
The alleged spending was so lavish that the judge overseeing Lam's initial court appearance in Miami invoked a famous Hollywood troublemaker after hearing a prosecutor describe it.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 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

So her lighthearted moment with her former tormentor was noteworthy, and not lost on Negan.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 27 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

Noun

While those companies are not named in the Boulder case, they are named as defendants in similar climate lawsuits filed across the country, suits that very likely would be affected by the high court’s ruling.

— Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Germany's Constitutional Court ruled last year that the extradition was unlawful because it could not be guaranteed that the defendant would not be subject to inhumane or degrading treatment in Hungarian custody.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 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

The plaintiff moved to dismiss the suit the following year and his attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment on why the suit was dropped or whether a settlement was reached outside court.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
But, argue the plaintiffs, the Nazis’ lists were often modified at the request of unscrupulous dealers.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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