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

Swift also released some teaser footage from the video on Instagram (below). — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026

Later in the teaser, Johnson appears in white, which suggests some kind of wedding imagery? — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

The teaser cuts to a cemetery and a coffin on which somebody lays a black rose. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2026

Johnny Depp looks unrecognizable in the first teaser for Day Drinker. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026