threateners
People making threats
Threateners are people who make threats—those who communicate intent to cause harm, damage, or other negative consequences.
The term typically appears in contexts involving intimidation or coercion: The threateners called repeatedly, demanding payment.
It can describe anyone from schoolyard bullies to extortionists to nations engaging in diplomatic saber-rattling.
Those who intimidate others
- coercersThose who compel unwillingly
- intimidatorsThose who frighten deliberately
- aggressorsInitiators of hostility
- harassersPeople who intimidate repeatedly
tormentors · persecutors · oppressors · tyrants · antagonists · provocateurs · instigators · troublemakers
Dangers or threats
- risksPossible negative outcomes
- perilsSerious risks or dangers
- warningsAdvance notices of danger
- omensProphetic signs or warnings
portents · harbingers · forewarnings · red flags · alarm bells · storm clouds · dark clouds · gathering clouds
Alert about danger
- ultimatumNon-negotiable final terms
- denouncersThose who condemn publicly
- cursersThose uttering profanity
- swearersThose uttering profanities
shouters · ranters · name-callers · slanderers · defamers · accusers · blamers · condemners
Civil case initiator
- accuserOne who alleges wrongdoing
- prosecutorGovernment's trial lawyer
- litigantParty in lawsuit
- claimantOne asserting entitlement
complainant · petitioner · adversary · challenger · appellant · respondent
bullies
Those who intimidate others
- coercersThose who compel unwillingly
- intimidatorsThose who frighten deliberately
- aggressorsInitiators of hostility
harassers · tormentors · persecutors · oppressors · tyrants · antagonists · provocateurs · instigators · troublemakers · hecklers
hazards
Dangers or threats
omens · portents · harbingers · forewarnings · red flags · alarm bells · storm clouds · dark clouds · gathering clouds · warning signs
warning
Alert about danger
- ultimatumNon-negotiable final terms
- denouncersThose who condemn publicly
- cursersThose uttering profanity
swearers · shouters · ranters · name-callers · slanderers · defamers · accusers · blamers · condemners · critics
plaintiff
Civil case initiator
- accuserOne who alleges wrongdoing
- prosecutorGovernment's trial lawyer
- litigantParty in lawsuit
claimant · complainant · petitioner · adversary · challenger · appellant · respondent
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
threatenersreassurers
People who calm fears
comforters · shelters · shields · safe havens · peacekeepers
- threatened speciesWildlife at extinction risk
- threatened habitatsEcosystems at risk of destruction