ACCUSERS Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

accusers

noun

plural of accuser

as in troublemakers

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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
And all you Chicken Jockey popcorn-throwing troublemakers — your impact on moviedom has been swept from the theater.

— Chris Lee, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of troublemakers

Noun

To qualify a referendum for the ballot, petitioners must collect a number of signatures equal to 10% of the votes cast in the last mayoral election.

— Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Currently, the number petitioners would need to reach is 3,120.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of petitioners

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The attacks lead to the fateful events of prom night — a famous moment from King’s original— in which Carrie, who’s become aware of growing telekinetic powers, turns her abilities on her tormenters when she’s finally pushed over the edge.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026
That their tormentors were not untouchable.

— Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 11 Mar. 2026

Definition of tormentors

Noun

Doe alleged the defendants snorted ketamine off her body and forced her to do the same off theirs.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
The civil action names High Meadow Management Company and 311 LLC — the latter of which owns the property — as defendants.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of defendants

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 torturers

Noun

Are prisoners in Nazi concentration camps not the legal owners of artworks they were forced to make by their SS persecutors?

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Honoring the undocumented and decrying their persecutors at the height of her career, against political headwinds and with nothing to gain and everything to lose, was par for her life, and a challenge for all of us to do the same.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of persecutors

Noun

That’s a little simplistic — look at San Francisco’s Scott Wiener being chased from a trans rights event by hecklers accusing him of being pro-genocide.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
McIlroy was even seen stepping back from the ball to quip back at one of the hecklers, while others, including his friend Shane Lowry, were also quick to respond.

— Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026

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