slander

1. 1.

   charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

   “The journalists have defamed me!”

   “The article in the paper sullied my reputation”

   Synonymsdefamesmirchaspersedenigratecalumniatesmearsullybesmirch

   Broadercharge

   Narrowerassassinatelibelbadmouth

Other forms of slander

plural

slanders·

past tense

slanderred·

present participle

slanderring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about slander

What does slander mean?

slander means "words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slander?

slander has 2 syllables: slan-der. The stress falls on "slan". In IPA it is /ˈslændɚ/.

What is another word for slander?

Close synonyms include aspersion, calumny, defamation, denigration, defame. 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 slander a common word?

slander is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.