Entry Word: slander

Function: noun

Meaning: the making of false statements that damage another's reputation <unhappy that she hadn't won, the girl resorted to slander and claimed that the winner's science project had actually been done by his father>

Synonyms aspersing, blackening, defamation, defaming, libel, libeling, maligning, smearing, traducing, vilification, vilifying

Related Words aspersion, innuendo, smear; backbiting, detraction; abuse, invective, vituperation; attack, criticism, censure, denunciation; contempt, disdain, scorn; belittlement, disparagement; cattiness, despite, hatefulness, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness, spleen, venom, viciousness

Near Antonyms acclaim, accolade, applause, commendation, praise; esteem, honor, respect; adulation, flattery; adoration, reverence, veneration, worship