BAITERS Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

baiters

noun

plural of baiter

as in harassers

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 seducers

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 baiters 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

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Noun

Still, the star did not name her harassers.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 22 May 2026
Most harassers do not harass others in front of someone else.

— Briana Mascaro, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026

Definition of harassers

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In the early 1970s, in the midst of an oil crisis, my father ran a solicitors' firm.

— Rupert Lee-Browne, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
But the long-running saga involving the scion of a prominent and powerful family of local lawyers and solicitors took an unexpected turn this week when the South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the murder convictions.

— Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 15 May 2026

Definition of solicitors

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Early Monday, sirens continued to be heard in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan as Iran launched drone attacks against targets within its Gulf neighbours.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 20 July 2026
Israel’s military said on Sunday that Iranian missiles launched toward the Jordanian port city of Aqaba just across the border could spill over, warning people to expect the first air raid sirens in weeks.

— Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026

Definition of sirens

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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

Definition of hecklers

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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 torturers

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Shakespeare humanizes the Elizabethan stage stereotype of the villainous Jew by giving Shylock ample reason for wanting to get back at his Christian persecutors.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Amish are part of the wider Anabaptist movement, which puts heavy emphasis on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, containing some of his most radical and counter-cultural sayings — to love enemies, live simply, bless persecutors, turn the other cheek and to endure sufferings joyfully.

— Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025

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