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

Holmes says some Jezebel haters were anti-feminist or far-right. — Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Also milder, sweeter and less earthy than red beets, so make sure the red beet-haters give them a taste. — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026

The Almost Skinny Apologies to all the skinny jean haters, the straight leg jean is back and here to stay. — Irene Kim, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026

The show was both a touchstone and a lightning rod for its depiction of a group of millennial young women in New York, with its vocal haters often louder than its many devotees. — Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026

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