Synonyms of tormentor

tormentor

noun

tȯr-ˈmen-tər 

variants also tormenter

as in harasser

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

shocked by the news that his chief tormentor from elementary school had written a book about the dangers of bullying

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of tormentor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With two wins, the Mets will eliminate the Braves (88-72), their forever tormentors, and lock up the fifth seed while securing the sixth playoff spot for the Diamondbacks (89-73). —Jerry Beach, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024

De Palma ratchets up the tension, intercutting Carrie’s tentative steps toward normalcy with her tormentors’ cruel prank preparations. —Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024

And so our hero crosses paths with his future patron and personal tormentor Harrison Lee Van Buren, who would be a monstrous caricature of capitalism’s worst perversities if not for the softness that Guy Pearce so gingerly laces into his sadism. —David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024

When temperatures soar into the 90s, and humidity turns clothing into the tormentor of skin, there is a blissful escape for many inland city dwellers: the public pool. —Eve Andrews, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024