Synonyms of slanderous

slanderous

adjective

as in libelous

causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name

made slanderous comments about his opponent's military record

Synonyms & Similar Words

• libelous
• erroneous
• defamatory
• incorrect
• calumnious
• false
• scandalous
• unfavorable
• inaccurate
• malicious
• untrue
• derogatory
• disparaging
• uncomplimentary
• unflattering
• hateful
• objectionable
• spiteful
• invidious
• inexact
• wrong
• unsound
• depreciatory
• invalid
• denigratory
• detractive
• malevolent
• off
• depreciative
• denigrative
• maligning
• traducing
• vilifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• favorable
• complimentary
• appreciative
• factual
• accurate
• true
• correct
• laudatory
• valid
• sound
• commendatory
• eulogistic
• right
• hagiographic
• adulatory
• errorless

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of slanderous

The group ran ads about past felony bank fraud charges that Ford decried as slanderous. — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026

Cloud launched slanderous accusations about the spectator’s personal life based on nothing more than a brief clip of him pointing a finger. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Created under O’Hare’s leadership, the decorum policy prohibits personal attacks, impertinent, profane, obscene, or slanderous remarks as well as threatening, disruptive or unruly behavior. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026

Societies throughout history have punished language deemed blasphemous, seditious, inciting or slanderous. — Paul Quigley, The Conversation, 13 July 2026

Keefer called these claims baseless and slanderous. — Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 8 Jan. 2026