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1
a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults
- the president's hard-core critics are going to attack him no matter what he does
Synonyms for critic
- carper,
- castigator,
- caviler
- (or caviller),
- censurer,
- criticizer,
- disparager,
- faultfinder,
- hypercritic,
- knocker,
- niggler,
- nitpicker
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2
a person who makes or expresses a judgment on the quality of offerings in some field of endeavor
- the restaurant critic said that the fries at that fast-food outlet were the worst she'd ever eaten
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Everyone's a Critic
Everyone's a Critic
8 words for those who pass judgment
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“Critic.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/critic. Accessed 6 December 2019.
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The first known use of critic was in 1588
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