TEASER Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

teaser

noun

ˈtē-zər

Definition of teaser

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

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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

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Recent Examples of teaser If the brief teaser video is any indication, C-3PO will be joined by his favorite astromech, R2-D2. — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 Expect retailers to lean harder into scarcity cues such as small production runs, early-access windows for loyalty members and social-media teasers, all designed to keep shoppers engaged through a longer calendar. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2026 The others were ruffians, teasers, always angling to drink whatever was left in some grownup’s glass. — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026 In the spirit of Hollywood happenings, Chamberlain—who has been on a hiatus from her podcast Anything Goes since April—also offered a teaser of what’s to come next for her as an actor. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for teaser

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Noun

Last night's Roadster demo was something of a tease, for the car is not yet in showrooms.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The Harlem rapper chose 2026, after a few teases and false starts, to end an eight-year gap in his discography.

— Elise Brisco, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of tease

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The Serbian leader had long been seen as an unpredictable annoyance, and his balancing act wasn’t particularly subtle.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
This, Barbera said, can be a programming annoyance as well as a knock on an otherwise good film.

— Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of annoyance

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