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 Grand Theft Auto 6, which has its own Netflix teaser that was released on Thursday, features new characters and plot lines. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 On Wednesday, Peacock also dropped a teaser for the season eight reunion (below), which was filmed in front of a live audience earlier this month. — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 The first tangible milestone arrived this summer with the opening of a new Nobu restaurant in the Eastown District of New Cairo, offering diners a teaser of the brand ahead of the future Nobu Hotel (set to open next year). — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026 Samsung’s own teaser for the Galaxy S26 FE suggests MyFanCam and Horizontal Lock are coming to that device, which suggests Samsung isn’t reserving those features exclusively for the S26 flagship line. — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for teaser

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Noun

McEwen offered a cryptic tease about what audiences can expect.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
The trailer gives a tease into the footage that was filmed leading up to the production pause, including Paul’s return from filming season 22 of The Bachelorette and Whitney Leavitt‘s Broadway debut.

— McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of tease

Noun

Earlier in August, A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to contribute $567 million to an abatement fund as part of a public nuisance case centering on child-safety allegations.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
In March, a New Mexico jury and judge fined Meta over $900 million after the state’s attorney general argued that its platforms created a public nuisance.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of nuisance

Noun

But administrative burdens are a technology of annoyance, degradation, discrimination, and needless extraction.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
That information sticks together, and companies use it to build a profile of you for marketing, selling, and general annoyance.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of annoyance

Noun

In one of the findings, bat houses — artificial roosts in urban environments, similar to nest boxes for birds — were doing their job helping to suppress pests on pecan farms in Texas.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
The state is now warning farmers to be on the lookout for a new version of the pest.

— Mirtha Donastorg, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of pest

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