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

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

Masterson’s detractors have seized on the rebrand as an attempt to minimize his connection to Trump in a year when national Republicans worry the president’s polarizing leadership could cost the party majorities in the House and Senate. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2026

New York's new guidelines already have detractors on both sides of the debate. — Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Once the film was released, critics widely praised Page’s searing performance as the doomed Greek soldier Sinon, and even some of Page’s detractors online were won over by his work. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

Instead of spreading a story that will further divide the school into supporters and detractors, speak to HR about whether there is a better policy that balances reasonable scenting while protecting those with actual allergies. — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026

But the same steadfast pursuit that’s placed the attorney at the center of nearly every call for racial justice in the past decade has earned Crump more than a few detractors. — Ryan Young, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026