Synonyms of persecutor

persecutor

noun

1

as in torturer

a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another

years later his schoolyard persecutor would end up being one of his low-paid employees

Synonyms & Similar Words

• torturer
• tease
• harasser
• tormentor
• victimizer
• attacker
• mocker
• accuser
• baiter
• heckler
• needler
• taunter
• quizzer
• assailant
• teaser
• ridiculer
• insulter
• detractor
• quiz
• scorner
• scoffer
• troublemaker
• disturber
• pest
• wise guy
• smart aleck
• satirist
• blamer
• wiseacre
• derider
• molester
• giber
• kidder
• jeerer
• belittler
• smarty
• trash-talker
• lampooner
• smarty-pants
• bother

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defender
• protector
• rescuer
• guard
• savior
• deliverer
• comforter
• solace
• champion
• bodyguard
• soother
• succorer

2

as in nuisance

one who is obnoxiously annoying

on this flight my airline-appointed persecutor was a chattering nitwit who could not stop talking about himself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nuisance
• annoyer
• annoyance
• pest
• gadfly
• tease
• pain in the neck
• bother
• pain
• headache
• teaser
• torturer
• gnawer
• tormentor
• nudnik
• plague
• interrupter
• harasser
• heckler
• harrier
• molester
• hassle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• charmer
• comforter
• soother
• smoothy
• solacer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of persecutor

The Bible relates the remarkable transformation of Saul of Tarsus – at one time a violent persecutor of Christians – who became a powerful teacher-by-example of love and peace. — Margaret Rogers, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2026

Third-graders would learn about the Road to Damascus, which tells the story of Paul’s transformation from an early persecutor of Christians into a follower. — Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026

Third graders would learn about the Road to Damascus, which tells the story of Paul's transformation from an early persecutor of Christians into a follower. — CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026

Paul was a former persecutor of Christians who became a missionary and was later beheaded in Rome. — Lori A Bashian , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 23 Nov. 2025

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

The grounds once housed the elaborate palace of first century Roman Emperor Domitian, a persecutor of Christians. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025

That is a nasty process which involves digging up Ambar’s still-fresh corpse, then subjecting it to various grisly indignities night after night as retribution gets visited upon our heroine’s persecutors. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025

Using it to describe this week’s attack on Huwara – or other similar attacks in Israel or Palestine – effectively puts Israel in the place of the Jews’ historic persecutors. — Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2023