Synonyms of teaser

teaser

noun

ˈtē-zər 

1

as in tease

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

the teasers were never satisfied until they had caused their victim to burst into tears

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in nuisance

one who is obnoxiously annoying

he was by nature a teaser, someone who kept testing people to see if they could calmly bear his put-downs

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• charmer
• comforter
• soother
• smoothy
• solacer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of teaser

The official teaser for the fourth and final season of Yellowjackets teases the survivors home at last, and haunted by the price of getting out alive. — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

While Mark Reuss was clear in that announcement in 2022, which accompanied a teaser of the then upcoming Corvette E-Ray, no electric Corvette materialized in the following four years. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 14 Oct. 2026

Explore See latest videos, charts and news The electronic and arts festival, run by Untitled Group, launched its 2027 campaign with a teaser video framed around a time capsule, cutting through archival footage from past editions. — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026

The wording seemed to suggest that the sneakers, after years of various teasers, would finally arrive at retail. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2026