Related Words for critics

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Word	Syllables	Categories
carper	/x	Name, Name
detractors	x/x	Noun
skeptics	/x	Noun
cynics	/x	Noun
doubters	/x	Noun
criticisms	/xxx	Noun
proponents	x/x	Noun
pundits	/x	Noun
commentators	/xxx	Noun
advocates	/xx	Noun
observers	x/x	Noun
backers	/x	Noun
purists	/x	Noun
opponents	x/x	Noun
watchers	/x	Noun
insiders	x/x	Noun
reviewers	x/x	Noun
dissenters	x/x	Noun
sceptics	/x	Noun
traditionalists	x/xx	Noun
environmentalists	x/xxxx	Noun
watchdogs	/x	Noun
foes	/	Noun
admirers	x/x	Noun
supporters	x/x	Noun
critiques	x/	Noun, Verb
conservatives	x/xx	Noun
liberals	/xx	Noun
campaigners	x/x	Noun
analysts	/xx	Noun
naysayers	x/x	Noun
derision	x/x	Noun
scorn	/	Noun
reformers	x/x	Noun
philistines	/xx	Name
activists	/xx	Noun
acolytes	/xx	Noun
opposition	xx/x	Noun
loyalists	/xx	Noun
experts	/x	Noun
denunciations	xxx/x	Noun
snobs	/	Noun
zealots	/x	Noun
partisans	/xx	Noun
pessimists	/xx	Noun
rebuke	x/	Noun
aficionados	xxx/x	Noun
retort	/x	Noun
lawmakers	/xx	Noun
ire	/	Noun
conservationists	xx/xx	Noun
politicians	xx/x	Noun
counterarguments	/x/xx	Noun
wags	/	Noun
praise	/	Noun
allies	/x	Noun
audacity	x/xx	Noun
theorists	/xx	Noun
fanatics	x/x	Noun
historians	x/xx	Noun
fans	/	Noun
skepticism	/xxx	Noun
plaudits	/x	Noun
shortcomings	/xx	Noun
officials	x/x	Noun
execs	x/	Noun
leftists	/x	Noun
economists	x/xx	Noun
overseers	xx/x	Noun
disdain	x/	Noun
hypocrites	/xx	Noun
neorealism	/x/xx	Noun
award	x/	Verb
biographers	x/xx	Noun
harshest	/x	Adjective
panned	/	Verb
connoisseurs	xx/	Noun
severest	x/x	Adjective
curators	/xx	Noun
formalist	/xx	Adjective
raved	/	Verb
dahl	/	Name
allege	x/	Verb
vociferous	x/xx	Adjective
filmmakers	/xx	Noun
faulted	/x	Verb
mollify	/xx	Verb
apologists	x/xx	Noun
audiences	/xxx	Noun
derided	x/x	Verb
decry	x/	Verb
silence	/x	Verb
theoreticians	xxx/x	Noun
fiercest	/x	Adjective
contend	x/	Verb
acclaimed	x/	Verb
replies	x/	Noun
censors	/x	Noun
sociobiology	/xxx/xx	Noun
defenders	x/x	Noun
fable	/x	Noun
sharpest	/x	Adjective
novelists	/xx	Noun
castigated	/xxx	Verb
argue	/x	Verb
persuasions	x/x	Noun
disarm	x/	Verb
lauded	/x	Verb
staunchest	/x	Adjective
readers	/x	Noun
accuse	x/	Verb
bitterest	/xx	Adjective
communitarian	x/x/xx	Adjective
viewers	/x	Noun
playwrights	/x	Noun
neoconservative	xxx/xx	Adjective
unsympathetic	xxx/x	Adjective
historicist	x/xx	Adjective
scholars	/x	Noun
poets	/x	Noun
trenchant	/x	Adjective
uncharitable	x/xxx	Adjective
hemingway	/xx	Name
dramatists	/xx	Noun
placate	/x	Verb
utilitarianism	xxx/xxxx	Noun
censorious	/x/x	Adjective
acerbic	x/x	Adjective
wing	/	Adjective
censured	/x	Verb
deplore	x/	Verb
feminist	/xx	Adjective
artists	/x	Noun
translators	x/x	Noun
linguists	/x	Noun
writers	/x	Noun
enthusiasts	x/xx	Noun
postcolonial	/x/xx	Adjective
loudest	/x	Adjective
postmodernist	x/xx	Adjective
deconstructive	xx/x	Adjective
reproached	x/	Verb
academics	xx/x	Noun
adversaries	/xxx	Noun
architects	/xx	Noun
authors	/x	Noun
commentary	/xxx	Noun
comments	/x	Noun
composers	x/x	Noun
critical	/xx	Adjective, Noun
dissidents	/xx	Noun
editors	/xx	Noun
ethnographers	x/xx	Noun
folklorists	/xx	Noun
geographers	x/xx	Noun
interpreters	x/xx	Noun
investigators	x/xxx	Noun
irrational	x/xx	Adjective, Noun
objectors	x/x	Noun
reviews	x/	Noun, Verb
sociologists	xx/xx	Noun
strictures	/x	Noun