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

Kyle Busch leaned into the villain role as the wins mounted — and boy did they — and even started encouraging his haters, trying to get the howling to a fever pitch before delivering his signature bow. —Steve Reed, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026

Online haters were commenting about her swollen face – a telltale sign of the hormonal disorder. —Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 18 May 2026

That, or the PGA of America dialed things up to silence the haters. —Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 16 May 2026

Another 28% fell in the live-and-let-live camp, leaving just a 15% hater population. —Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 13 May 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