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

But criticism of the outdoor dining arrangements built up, with detractors saying the spots were unsightly, dirty, and harboring rats. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

But the ranks of Israel’s detractors have unquestionably grown. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026

Some detractors even characterized it as a concentration camp. — The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

Nvidia 's extraordinary $500 billion financing initiative with Wall Street's biggest firms to fund the AI buildout is predictably attracting detractors. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026

Journalist Sebastian Mallaby spent three years chronicling Hassabis and DeepMind, logging about 30 hours with the man himself and interviewing those in his orbit – including his detractors. — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026

The new system has its detractors who worry about the siren’s effect on neighborhoods. — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

While social media detractors complained about the cost, others cheered the prospect of helping to keep freight rail in Connecticut alive. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026

Abdul El-Sayed’s win in Michigan marks the second primary defeat of a candidate backed by Chuck Schumer — and adds to the Senate minority leader’s potential detractors next year. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026