Synonyms for Persecute:

• n.

  •
  • bait,
  • beat,
  • exile,
  • expel,
  • hector,
  • irritate,
  • outrage,
  • provoke,
  • rack,
  • torment,
  • tyrannize.
  •
  • annoy,
  • bother,
  • mistreat,
  • tease,
  • use,
  • worry,
  • prey on.
  •persecute (noun)
  • harass,
  • oppress.

• v.

  •punish (verb)
  • afflict,
  • agonize,
  • anguish,
  • avenge,
  • burden,
  • castigate,
  • chasten,
  • chastise,
  • confine,
  • correct,
  • crucify,
  • discipline,
  • distress,
  • execute,
  • fine,
  • imprison,
  • incarcerate,
  • judge,
  • lambaste,
  • penalize,
  • pillory,
  • punish,
  • reprise,
  • sentence,
  • torture,
  • try,
  • Keelhaul.
  •social (verb)
  • oppress.
  •wrong, torment (verb)
  • afflict,
  • aggrieve,
  • annoy,
  • badger,
  • bait,
  • beat,
  • bother,
  • crucify,
  • distress,
  • dog,
  • dragoon,
  • exile,
  • expel,
  • harass,
  • hector,
  • hound,
  • hunt,
  • ill-treat,
  • injure,
  • maltreat,
  • martyr,
  • oppress,
  • outrage,
  • pester,
  • plague,
  • pursue,
  • tease,
  • torture,
  • tyrannize,
  • vex,
  • victimize,
  • worry,
  • pick on,
  • molest,
  • be on one's case,
  • drive up the wall.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • shortchange,
  • prey on.
  •
  • exploit.
  •
  • buffet.
  •
  • use.
  •beleaguer
  • siege.
  •follow
  • go after,
  • give chase.
  •needle
  • bait.
  •Other relevant words:
  • abuse,
  • abusively,
  • ado,
  • affliction,
  • aggravate,
  • aggravation,
  • aggrieve,
  • agitation,
  • agony,
  • alarm,
  • annoy,
  • annoyance,
  • anxiety,
  • apprehension,
  • arouse,
  • awe,
  • badger,
  • bait,
  • beat,
  • bedevil,
  • befoul,
  • beleaguer,
  • beset,
  • besiege,
  • bewitch,
  • blight,
  • bore,
  • bother,
  • bristle,
  • browbeat,
  • buffet,
  • bug,
  • bully,
  • bullyrag,
  • burn up,
  • chafe,
  • chevy,
  • chivvy,
  • chivy,
  • commotion,
  • concern,
  • condemn,
  • corrupt,
  • cow,
  • cross,
  • crush,
  • curse,
  • damage,
  • daunt,
  • defile,
  • defy,
  • deprave,
  • despoil,
  • destroy,
  • difficulty,
  • disadvantage,
  • discomfort,
  • discompose,
  • disorder,
  • displease,
  • disquiet,
  • disquietude,
  • distemper,
  • disturb,
  • disturbance,
  • dog,
  • dolor,
  • doom,
  • dragoon,
  • encumbrance,
  • enrage,
  • enslave,
  • envenom,
  • exasperate,
  • exercise,
  • exile,
  • expel,
  • exploit,
  • faze,
  • follow,
  • fret,
  • get,
  • get at,
  • get on,
  • get to,
  • go after,
  • go on,
  • grief,
  • grind,
  • grind down,
  • gripe,
  • harass,
  • harassment,
  • harm,
  • harrow,
  • harry,
  • hassle,
  • haunt,
  • heckle,
  • hector,
  • hex,
  • hound,
  • hunt,
  • hunt down,
  • hurt,
  • ill-treat,
  • ill-use,
  • impair,
  • incommode,
  • infect,
  • infest,
  • inflame,
  • injure,
  • insolently,
  • insultingly,
  • intimidate,
  • irk,
  • irritate,
  • irritation,
  • jinx,
  • keep on,
  • kindle,
  • malign,
  • maltreat,
  • martyr,
  • menace,
  • miff,
  • mishandle,
  • mistreat,
  • mistreatment,
  • misuse,
  • molestation,
  • mortify,
  • nag,
  • needle,
  • nettle,
  • nuisance,
  • obsess,
  • obsession,
  • offend,
  • offensively,
  • oppress,
  • oppression,
  • outrage,
  • overburden,
  • overpower,
  • pain,
  • peeve,
  • perplex,
  • pervert,
  • pester,
  • pick,
  • pick at,
  • pique,
  • plague,
  • poison,
  • pollute,
  • pother,
  • prejudice,
  • prosecute,
  • provoke,
  • pursue,
  • pursuit,
  • push around,
  • quest,
  • rack,
  • ravish,
  • repress,
  • reproach,
  • ride,
  • rile,
  • roil,
  • rudely,
  • ruffle,
  • ruin,
  • savage,
  • scathe,
  • scurrilously,
  • siege,
  • slander,
  • spite,
  • subdue,
  • subjugate,
  • suppress,
  • taint,
  • tantalize,
  • tease,
  • terrorize,
  • threaten,
  • tire,
  • torment,
  • torturer,
  • trouble,
  • turmoil,
  • tyrannize,
  • use,
  • vex,
  • vexation,
  • victimize,
  • vilify,
  • violate,
  • wear away,
  • wear down,
  • weigh down,
  • work on,
  • worry,
  • wound,
  • wrong,
  • Disserve,
  • Fash,
  • Feaze,
  • Illtreat,
  • Importune,
  • Wherret,
  • go ahead,
  • give chase,
  • do wrong,
  • wreak havoc,
  • shortchange,
  • opprobriously,
  • pick on,
  • prey on,
  • devil,
  • molest,
  • drive on,
  • take advantage of,
  • bear hard upon,
  • ride roughshod over,
  • do evil,
  • hunt for,
  • deal hardly with,
  • be at,
  • be on one's case,
  • do wrong by,
  • drive up the wall,
  • get in hair,
  • get under skin,
  • give the needle,
  • throw stones at,
  • trample underfoot,
  • trample upon,
  • wreak havoc on,
  • tar and feather,
  • nail to a cross,
  • brown off,
  • nudzh.

Antonyms for Persecute:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    abet, accommodate, aid, appease, assist, assure, back, calm, cheer, coddle, comfort, commend, conciliate, console, content, cosset, delight, deliver, gladden, gratify, help, humour, ignore, indulge, leave alone, let go, make happy, mollify, mollycoddle, pacify, pamper, pet, placate, please, propitiate, protect, reassure, release, relieve, reprieve, reward, satisfy, solace, soothe, spoil, succor, support, let alone.

• v.

  • wrong, torment
    aid, assist, comfort, commend, console, delight, help, ignore, let go, make happy, neglect, please, protect, reward, soothe.
  • Other antonyms:
    abet, aid, appease, applaud, assist, assure, benefit, care for, cheer, cherish, comfort, conciliate, conserve, consider, console, content, delight, deliver, eulogize, extol, favor, gladden, gratify, help, laud, mollify, oblige, pacify, placate, please, praise, propitiate, protect, quiet, reassure, regard, release, relieve, reprieve, respect, satisfy, shield, solace, soothe, succor, sustain, tend, uphold, vindicate, Panegyrize.