baiter
One who goads
A baiter is someone who baits—who lures, provokes, or harasses.
The word appears most often in compounds: a bear-baiter torments bears, a master baiter excels at fishing lures, a race-baiter deliberately inflames racial tensions.
Online, baiters provoke reactions for amusement: The forum was full of baiters looking for arguments.
One who derides
- hecklerOne who taunts performers
- teaserSomething that piques interest
- jeererOne who taunts aloud
- ridiculerOne who mocks
needler · sledger · chirper · wind-up · goader · provocateur
Device for catching prey
- trapDevice for catching animals
- cageBarred confinement structure
- hunterPursuer of prey
- preyAnimal being hunted
capture · decoy · entrapment · noose · pitfall · gin · net · ambush
One who provokes action
- agitatorOne who foments discord
- trollDeliberate online antagonist
- hecklerOne who taunts performers
- antagonistOne who opposes another
troublemaker · inciter · firebrand · inflammatory · rabble-rouser · pot-stirrer · needler · gadfly
Deliberate online antagonist
- haterOne who loathes
- bullyHabitual intimidator
- tormentorOne who causes anguish
- harasserOne who intimidates repeatedly
antagonizer · cyberbully · flamer · griefer · stalker · persecutor · intimidator
mocker
One who derides
ridiculer · needler · sledger · chirper · wind-up · goader · provocateur
snare
Device for catching prey
prey · capture · decoy · entrapment · noose · pitfall · gin · net · ambush · lure
instigator
One who provokes action
antagonist · troublemaker · inciter · firebrand · inflammatory · rabble-rouser · pot-stirrer · needler · gadfly · provocateur
angler
One who casts lines
rod · reel · cast · fly-fishing · lures · worms · minnows · chum · trolling · catch
troll
Deliberate online antagonist
harasser · antagonizer · cyberbully · flamer · griefer · stalker · persecutor · intimidator
baiterpeacemaker
Conflict resolution agent
mediator · pacifier · conciliator · appeaser · calmer
- take the baitAccept a deceptive offer
- click baitSensationalized content for traffic
- bait and switchFraudulent sales tactic
- cutting baitAbandoning a failing pursuit
- live baitLiving creature attracting fish
- fish or cut baitUltimatum to the hesitant
bait, baited, baits, baiting, baiters, bait-and-switch, cut bait