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

The clash between left-wing political commentator Hasan Piker and his media detractors is moving from the chatroom to the courtroom. — Abigail Sylvor Greenberg, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026

The protests earned a mixture of admiration and condemnation, and the actions’ detractors now even include the National Gallery’s director, who addressed Just Stop Oil in a new Telegraph profile. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Day’s detractors got ample fuel for their concerns on this rainy Saturday, yet the Buckeyes’ College Football Playoff hopes are not yet dead. — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Day's detractors got ample fuel for their concerns, yet the Buckeyes' College Football Playoff hopes are not yet dead. — CBS News, 1 Nov. 2026

Even legends Al Michaels and Bob Costas had detractors during the height of their careers. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

His detractors see him as a polarizing leader who, beset by an ongoing corruption trial, dragged out the war in Gaza and its hostage crisis for political reasons. — Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026

Historically, each president's detractors have seen midterms as an opportunity, while his supporters have often been complacent — or at least less motivated. — Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026

With support from Jeff Yass, a Pennsylvania hedge-fund billionaire who is committed to school vouchers, Abbott got detractors voted out of office. — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026