defamer

Questions about defamer

What is another word for defamer?

It depends which defamer you mean. In the sense “one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel”, the synonyms are maligner, slanderer, vilifier, libeler, backbiter, traducer. Across all 1 sense there are 6 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of defamer?

WordNet records no antonym for defamer. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for defamer come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of defamer

• Full entry for defamerAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for defamerWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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