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intimidator

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of intimidator

a person who teases, threatens, or hurts smaller, weaker, or more vulnerable persons

the loan shark hired an intimidator to make sure that he got all that was owed him

Synonyms of intimidator

bully, bullyboy, hector

Words Related to intimidator

antagonist, enemy

abuser, baiter, giber (or jiber), harasser, harrier, heckler, mocker, needler, oppressor, persecutor, ridiculer, taunter, tease, teaser, torturer

goon, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, mug, punk, rough, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, thug, tough, toughie (also toughy)

cutthroat, felon, gangster, gunman, mobster, racketeer

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