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Detractor is a related term of adversary.


As a noun detractor

is a person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.

As a proper noun adversary is

(religion|christianity) the devil; satan.

detractor

English

Alternative forms

* detractour (qualifier)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.
  • * 2012 , Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world'' (in ''The Daily Telegraph , 15 November 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/15/mumford-sons-biggest-band-world]
    • Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like firewater drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their detractors groan.

    Synonyms

    * slanderer * libeler * cynic * mudslinger * defamer

    Antonyms

    * proponent * supporter

    adversary

    English

    Noun

    (adversaries)
  • An opponent or rival.

    • Derived terms

    * adversarial

    Related terms

    * adverse * adversarially

    References