defamer

Questions about defamer

What does defamer mean?

defamer means "one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel".

How many syllables are in defamer?

defamer has 3 syllables and divides as de-fa-mer under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for defamer?

Close synonyms include maligner, slanderer, vilifier, libeler, backbiter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is defamer a common word?

defamer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.