Synonyms of persecutor

persecutor

noun

1

as in tormenter

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defender
• protector
• rescuer
• guard
• savior
• saviour
• 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
• tormenter
• gnawer
• nudnick
• torturer
• tormentor
• nudnik
• interrupter
• plague
• interruptor
• harasser
• heckler
• harrier
• molester
• hassle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• charmer
• smoothie
• comforter
• soother
• smoothy
• solacer