MOLESTER Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

molester

noun

Definition of molester

as in rapist

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as in tormentor

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Noun

Andrew Tate took the witness stand Thursday afternoon and denied being a rapist or a human trafficker.

— Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
Investigators in Paulding County are searching for more possible victims of a man authorities are calling a serial rapist.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of rapist

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

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

Tubi Inside Man (2006) Spike Lee’s labyrinthine thriller stars Denzel Washington as a hostage negotiator and Clive Owen as a bank robber holding customers hostage in a tony Manhattan branch.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
Preliminary explorations indicate these burials were looted in antiquity; passages linking them are thought to have been made by ancient robbers moving between the tombs.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of robber

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 Appalachian Trail Conservancy is fighting that plague by injecting some ash trees with an insecticide to give them a chance at survival.

— Amanda Swinhart, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Instead of the tapered details that plague most sweatpants, this straight-leg style hits right above the ankle to offer a more sophisticated silhouette.

— Kelsey Mulvey, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2026

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