Synonyms of detractor

detractor

noun

as in critic

a person who criticizes something or someone

Despite his popularity, his many detractors still think his work is overrated.

Even her detractors had to admit that she had made the company successful.

Related Words

• critic
• criticizer
• scoffer
• insulter
• scorner
• mocker
• derider
• tormentor
• heckler
• harasser
• taunter
• denigrator
• jeerer
• giber
• decrier
• needler
• belittler
• persecutor
• nitpicker
• knocker
• baiter
• faultfinder
• tease
• censurer
• ridiculer
• teaser
• disparager
• carper
• castigator
• caviler
• hypercritic
• niggler

Dissimilar Words

• praiser
• comforter
• solace
• champion
• soother
• bodyguard
• commender
• succorer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of detractor

And the majority of the film’s detractors took issue with its ending. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026

For his fourth feature, Post Tenebras Lux, Reygadas took a major detour toward the avant-garde and the personal, in a move that garnered him some detractors while pleasing his more hardcore fans. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026

By sticking her neck out and opening up a very touchy subject for examination, Hannah-Jones has done much more to advance the cause of public education than most of her detractors will give her credit for. — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026

Arguments for and against Yet originalism has many detractors. — Brian Fitzpatrick, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

Scott’s performance has received across-the-board raves, but even more so than The Debut, the film itself has both fans and detractors. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Local detractors of the partnership include leaders of other Belgian cultural institutions, like Dirk Snauwaert, director of the Wiels contemporary art center in Brussels. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Jentleson believes that his detractors have lost sight of the bigger picture. — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026

Given the resolution’s swift passage, which occurred without a public hearing at the board meeting, detractors signed up to testify about an unrelated item in order to voice their concerns. — Sharon Udasin, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026