Entry Word: libelous

Function: adjective

Meaning:

or libellous

causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name <libelous statements about a celebrity for which the tabloid was sued>

Synonyms defamatory, scandalous, slanderous

Related Words erroneous, false, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, invalid, off, unsound, untrue, wrong; depreciative, depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, disparaging, uncomplimentary, unfavorable; invidious, objectionable; maligning, traducing, vilifying; hateful, malevolent, malicious, spiteful

Near Antonyms appreciative, complimentary, favorable; adulatory, commendatory, eulogistic, laudatory; accurate, correct, errorless, factual, right, sound, true, valid