Synonyms of detractors

detractors

noun

plural of detractor

as in critics

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

• critics
• criticizers
• denigrators
• scoffers
• insulters
• decriers
• scorners
• jeerers
• deriders
• belittlers
• hecklers
• tormentors
• mockers
• harassers
• taunters
• gibers
• persecutors
• disparagers
• needlers
• ridiculers
• carpers
• nitpickers
• faultfinders
• knockers
• baiters
• teasers
• censurers
• teases
• cavilers
• hypercritics
• nigglers
• castigators

Dissimilar Words

• praisers
• comforters
• champions
• commenders
• solaces
• soothers
• bodyguards
• succorers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of detractors

Hur’s film declines to name a culprit, and its detractors argue the open ending points to Park or his government. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Indeed, Trump has a unique, almost superhuman ability to bury bad news until supporters and detractors alike are no longer talking about issues and failures that would sink virtually any other politician. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

But soon after filming began, detractors of the production took issue with the process, too. — ABC News, 7 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