Entry Word: criticize

Function: verb

Meaning: to express oneʼs unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of <the students who feel the need to criticize every single idea by the principal for improving the school>

Synonyms blame, censure, condemn, denounce, dis [slang], fault, knock, pan, reprehend

Related Words assail, attack, blast, slam, slash; beef, bellyache, carp, complain, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grouse, growl, grumble, kick, moan, murmur, mutter, repine, squawk, wail, whine, yammer; admonish, chide, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove; berate, castigate, crucify, excoriate, flay, lambaste (or lambast), lash, pillory, scold, upbraid; bad-mouth, belittle, disparage, put down

Phrases find fault (with), take to task

Near Antonyms approve, endorse (also indorse), recommend, sanction

Antonyms extol (also extoll), laud, praise