TRASH-TALKER Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

trash-talker

noun

as in mocker

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Recent Examples of trash-talker Hoiberg’s adversary Thursday in Houston, Iowa’s Ben McCollum — in the first Sweet 16 ever for Nebraska and first in 27 years for Iowa — just sent it right back the other way to vicious trash-talker Todd Golden amid a shocker over Florida. — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026

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Noun

That’s a little simplistic — look at San Francisco’s Scott Wiener being chased from a trans rights event by hecklers accusing him of being pro-genocide.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
McIlroy was even seen stepping back from the ball to quip back at one of the hecklers, while others, including his friend Shane Lowry, were also quick to respond.

— Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026

Definition of heckler

Noun

Razia showed up at the scene not to aid in a kidnapping, but to confront her online tormentor, Sacks maintained.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026
But her primary tormenter, former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested last year under a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

— William Earl, Variety, 29 June 2026

Definition of tormentor

Noun

Since then, opposition to the program has grown, with detractors pointing to examples of people entering diversion and then going on to commit more serious crimes.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show, which drew criticism from prominent Republicans and over 2,000 FCC complaints, has defied its detractors by earning a record nine Emmy nominations.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of detractor

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 40-year-old singer Ryan Davis, a cowboy wiseacre with a drum machine and the patience for 11-minute anthems, riffs merrily on such existential mysteries.

— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Similarly, the Pink Ladies, a popular clique headed by Rizzo (Stockard Channing), deliver their wiseacre lines with a fair dose of irony.

— Vogue, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024

Definition of wiseacre

Noun

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, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026

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