Troll

//tɹɒl//

Synonyms for "troll" (185 found)

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Translations

221 translations across 67 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Arabic

4 entries
  • طْرُول noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • طْرُول noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • طْرُول noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • مُتَصَيِّد noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)

Armenian

2 entries
  • տրոլ noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • տրոլ noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • troll noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Basque

1 entries
  • troll noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • троль noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • троль noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • троль noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Bengali

1 entries
  • দানব noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • трол noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • трол noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • трол noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • ловя на блесна verb (to fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat)

Catalan

3 entries
  • trol noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • trol noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • trolejar verb ((transitive, intransitive) to make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 噴子 /喷子 noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • 噴子 /喷子 noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • 巨怪 noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • 白目 noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Czech

4 entries
  • skřítek noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • trol noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • troll noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Danish

2 entries
  • trold noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Dutch

3 entries
  • trol noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • trol noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • trollen verb ((transitive, intransitive) to make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • trolero noun (inflammatory or insincere statement posted in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • trolo noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • trolo noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • troli verb ((transitive, intransitive) to make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument)

Estonian

4 entries
  • troll noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • trollima noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • õrritaja noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Faroese

1 entries
  • trøll noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)

Finnish

4 entries
  • TROLL-purkaus noun (optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm)
  • kuvotus noun (ugly or unpleasant person)
  • peikko noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • provo noun (inflammatory or insincere statement posted in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)

French

4 entries
  • troll noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • troll noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • troller verb ((transitive, intransitive) to make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument)

Galician

3 entries
  • trol noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • trol noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • trolear verb ((transitive, intransitive) to make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ტროლი noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • ტროლი noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • ტროლი noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

German

4 entries
  • Troll noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • Troll noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • Troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • trollen verb ((transitive, intransitive) to make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument)

Greek

3 entries
  • τρολ noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • τρολ noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • τρολ noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • טְרוֹל noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • טְרוֹל noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • הטריל verb ((transitive, intransitive) to make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument)

Hindi

3 entries
  • ट्रॉल noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • ट्रॉल noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • ट्रोल noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • troll noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • trollkodik verb ((transitive, intransitive) to make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • tröll noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • tröll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • þurs noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Irish

2 entries
  • troll noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Italian

2 entries
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • trollare verb ((transitive, intransitive) to make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument)

Japanese

4 entries
  • トロール noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • トロール noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • トロール noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • 荒らし noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • тролль noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Korean

4 entries
  • 낚시 noun (act of fishing by using a running fishing line, or by trailing a line with bait or lures behind a boat)
  • 트롤 noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • 트롤 noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • 트롤 noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • тролль noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຫ້ຽນ noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Latin

1 entries
  • trollum noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)

Latvian

1 entries
  • trollis noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • trolis noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • трол noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • трол noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • трол noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • и́строла verb ((transitive, intransitive) to make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument)

Malay

1 entries
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Marathi

3 entries
  • ट्रोल noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • ट्रोल noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • ट्रोल करणे verb ((transitive, intransitive) to make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument)

Māori

3 entries
  • kaiwhakamomoka noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • titiwha verb (to fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat)
  • whakamomoka verb ((transitive, intransitive) to make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • stállu noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • troll noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • dorge verb (to fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat)

Occitan

1 entries
  • tròl noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • troll noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)

Persian

2 entries
  • ترول noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • ترول noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Polish

4 entries
  • troll noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • troll noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • strollować verb ((transitive, intransitive) to make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • trol noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • trol noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • trolagem noun (inflammatory or insincere statement posted in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • trole noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)

Romanian

3 entries
  • trol noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • трол noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)

Russian

4 entries
  • тро́ллинг noun (act of fishing by using a running fishing line, or by trailing a line with bait or lures behind a boat)
  • тро́ллинг noun (inflammatory or insincere statement posted in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • тролль noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • тролль noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)

Scanian

1 entries
  • trøll noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)

Scots

1 entries
  • trowe noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • trol noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • trȏl noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • trȏl noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • тро̑л noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)

Slovak

2 entries
  • troll noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Slovene

1 entries
  • trol noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Spanish

4 entries
  • trol noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • trol noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • trol noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • trolear verb ((transitive, intransitive) to make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument)

Swedish

4 entries
  • internettroll noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • nättroll noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • troll noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • troll noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)

Tajik

1 entries
  • тролл noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Thai

4 entries
  • เกรียน noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • เกรียน noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • โทรล noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • โทรลล์ noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)

Turkish

4 entries
  • trol noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • trol noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • troll noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • trollemek verb ((transitive, intransitive) to make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • троль noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)
  • троль noun (person who makes or posts inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure others into combative argument)
  • троль noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)
  • тро́лити verb ((transitive, intransitive) to make or post inflammatory or insincere statements in an attempt to lure (someone) into combative argument)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • troll noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • quỷ khổng lồ noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ellyll noun (giant supernatural being; grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • טראָל noun (person who sows discord, or spreads misinformation or propaganda, in order to promote an agenda as part of an organized political campaign)

Sample sentences

89 total sentences available.

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Just one slip and you'll be mistaken for a troll and flamed.

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It's a troll trying for click-throughs. It's being multiposted in English-related communities all over the place.

Source: tatoeba (328511)

I just don't understand what goes through the minds of people who troll forums.

Source: tatoeba (328682)

In Soviet Russia, food eats troll!

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.