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

The third ingredient is the capitalization of future monetary demand – what detractors might call speculation, but is really just the way investment works. — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Even if their worst detractors considered Les Lalanne mere decor collected by socialites, the support of famous people was helpful in their careers. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026

Other detractors have compared the uniform to Vanderbilt and Colorado, two gold and black programs that Nike also outfits. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026

Aside from anxieties that the watermark is merely a red herring, an easy-to-evade compliance strategy, some watermark detractors fear that these statistical signatures will make chatbots worse at writing. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

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

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

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