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 Even Jamal Murray, who prides himself on not being a foul-baiter, couldn’t resist leaning into Darryn Peterson after the rookie left his feet on a shot fake. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026 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

The new trailer offers a brief tease of the instantly-iconic concert, in which Winter headlined Carnegie Hall for one night only at the age of 23.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
The exhibition schedule and summer league tend to be seasons of tease.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of tease

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

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Others convicted in relation to the robbery included Brian Reader, a career criminal who was involved in other high-profile robberies before and after Brink’s-Mat, crooked solicitor Michael Relton, and McAvoy’s wife, Kathleen.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
But the meatiest parts belong to their characters’ solicitors.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 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

Definition of torturer

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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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Unanswered questions The Star has been unable to independently verify that the officer had a green light and the Audi ran the red light, or that the police cruiser had its lights and sirens on.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
Halo is a personal safety device that can not only share your location with a friend in real time, but also has a flashlight, sirens, and alert functions.

— TIME Staff, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

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