hater

noun

hat·​er ˈhā-tər 

plural haters

1

: a person who hates someone or something

a hater of spinach

Instrumental in the growing anti-disco movement was Steve Dahl, a Chicago disc jockey and fervent disco hater …

—Peter Braunstein

His vision of the computerized society becomes astoundingly apocalyptic, and even the most confirmed hater of bits and bytes will find some of his fears hard to take seriously.

—James Gleick

—sometimes used in combination

a man-hater

Storm … might seem to provide ammunition to those who see Strindberg as a woman-hater.

—Michael Billington

2

informal : a person who actively and aggressively criticizes and disparages something or someone (such as a celebrity or public figure)

… throughout the campaign has demonstrated that he not only doesn't mind yapping with haters and detractors but actually seems to enjoy it.

—Matt Taibbi

There are a lot of haters out there who want you to screw up, so you have to check yourself.

—Randy Moss

Chrissy Teigen is no stranger to getting attacked on Twitter. She also knows how to deal with her haters in the perfect way.

—Allyson Koerner

Examples of hater in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But even if haters are gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, Swift definitely has two football lovers who are pumped up to see her on New Heights: Travis and Jason. —Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2025

Online haters were commenting about her swollen face – a telltale sign of the hormonal disorder. —Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025

Jew haters have long alleged the wickedness of Israel and its ties with powerful elites across the world. —Michael S. Roth, Time, 6 Aug. 2025

The musician jokingly debuted an anthemic new song, recorded during his guest-hosting stint on Jimmy Kimmel Live last month, about all of the haters who are talking trash about him. —Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for hater

• cater
• crater
• frater
• freighter
• gator
• grater
• greater
• krater
• later
• plater
• prater
• rater