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Synonyms & Antonyms of detractor
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.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for detractor
- baiter,
- harasser,
- heckler,
- mocker,
- needler,
- persecutor,
- ridiculer,
- taunter,
- tease,
- teaser,
- tormentor
- carper,
- castigator,
- caviler
- (or caviller),
- censurer,
- critic,
- criticizer,
- disparager,
- faultfinder,
- hypercritic,
- knocker,
- niggler,
- nitpicker
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for detractor
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