detractor
detractor is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 28 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer. His detractors were noisy and scurrilous. Macaulay.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abusive
- backbiter
- black-mouthed
- calumniator
- carper
- castigator
- caviler
- censor
- censurer
- critic
- cynic
- defamer
- disapprover
- friend
- frondeur
- good-natured
- lampooner
- laudator
- libeler
- muckraker
- reprover
- reviler
- satirist
- shrew
- slanderer
- traducer
- vituperator
- word-catcher
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is detractor.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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