stalkers
Unwanted persistent pursuers
Stalkers are people who pursue or follow others obsessively, often with unwanted and threatening attention.
The term applies to wildlife photographers who stalk game, but more commonly describes those who harass, surveil, or fixate on a person—especially celebrities or former romantic partners: Her stalkers showed up at every public appearance.
In video games, stalker may name an enemy type that hunts the player.
Pursuing wild game
- preyAnimal being hunted
- targetingSelecting as objective
- lurkingConcealed and watchful
- prowlingMoving stealthily while hunting
sinister · dangerous · violent · threat · attack · ambush · waiting · watching
Expressing intent to harm
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- intrusiveInvading others' privacy
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- terrorizingInstilling extreme fear
tormenting · menacing · pursuit · hounding · badgering · unwelcome · restraining order · victim
Monitoring location over time
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- followingComing after another
- shadowingFollowing to observe
- watchingActively looking at something
observation · spying · tailing · stakeout · reconnaissance · snooping · scrutiny · investigation
Persistent mental attachment
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- unrequitedNot returned in kind
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
compulsion · mania · idolization · devotion · fanaticism · monomania · besottedness · enthrallment
hunting
Pursuing wild game
prowling · sinister · dangerous · violent · threat · attack · ambush · waiting · watching · pattern
threatening
Expressing intent to harm
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- intrusiveInvading others' privacy
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
terrorizing · tormenting · menacing · pursuit · hounding · badgering · unwelcome · restraining order · victim · fear
tracking
Monitoring location over time
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- followingComing after another
- shadowingFollowing to observe
watching · observation · spying · tailing · stakeout · reconnaissance · snooping · scrutiny · investigation · doxxing
fixation
Persistent mental attachment
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- unrequitedNot returned in kind
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
preoccupation · compulsion · mania · idolization · devotion · fanaticism · monomania · besottedness · enthrallment · captivation
- celebritycelebs, stardom, A-list, A-listers, movie stars
- fearsspiders, snakes, falling, heights, death
- British huntingfox hunting, fox hunt, foxhound, foxhunting, deer hunt
- ChernobylPripyat, exclusion zone, meltdown, nuclear disaster, explosion
- famefame, famous, celebrity, renown, famed
- watchmenwatchmen, guards, sentries, sentinels, security guards
stalkersvictims
Those who suffer harm
prey · bodyguards · targets · protectors · guardians
- night stalkerOne who hunts by darkness
- deer stalkerDouble-brimmed hunting cap