Entry Word: critic

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults <the presidentʼs hard-core critics are going to criticize him no matter what he does>

Synonyms carper, castigator, caviler (or caviller), censurer, faultfinder, nitpicker, railer, scold

Related Words belittler, derider, detractor; pettifogger, quibbler; complainer, crybaby, fusser, whiner

2 a person who makes or expresses a judgment on the quality of offerings in some field of endeavor <the restaurant critic said that the fries at that fast-food outlet were the worst that she had ever eaten>

Synonyms reviewer

Related Words analyst, columnist, commentator; appraiser, evaluator, judge