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

An impromptu blind date with a handsome rapist ends with Esther punching him square in the nose, his blood gushing through her fingers.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
The roommate also reported an exchange that suggested her rapist may have encountered Sebold in the past.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 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

Scientists have spent years trying to understand how an animal — this animal — can survive for centuries, and a new study has now added another layer to the mystery that surrounds these predators by looking directly at their heart.

— Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
From whale sharks and sand tiger sharks to great white encounters, shark conservation and the lasting impact of Jaws, the hourlong special explores the science, stories and surprises behind some of the ocean's most iconic predators.

— Sarah Scanlan, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of predator

Noun

The film moved the action from Boston to New York and made the title character a wealthy art thief instead of a bank robber.

— Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026
When a duo of robbers (Joe Pesci‘s Harry and Daniel Stern‘s Marv) try to break in, Kevin sets a series of traps to deter them.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

Definition of robber

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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

Noun

The deadliest animal to have ever roamed the earth is not the great white shark, or snakes, or even rats that caused three great plagues in history, decimating the human population at the time.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 July 2026
Had he been exposed to a more run-of-the-mill pneumonic plague, symptom onset would have already consigned him to bed.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

Definition of plague

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