as in critics
a person who criticizes something or someone
Despite his popularity, his many detractors still think his work is overrated. Even her detractors had to admit that she had made the company successful.
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Recent Examples of detractors
The athlete has embraced the term given to her by her detractors, and trademarked it and created merchandise, including naming one of her sneaker colorways after it.
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Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
However, the series wasn't without its detractors.
—Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Without a flashy passing game, Iowa’s style of play generates plenty of detractors.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
But everything else — revenue sharing and NIL deals that hinge on endorsements and appearances — is where those detractors tend to draw the line.
—Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
Visconti said Kirk's detractors typically misinterpreted Kirk or twisted his comments out of context.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
This was the Kuminga that even his biggest detractors had to acknowledge existed somewhere.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
The Gauls had been described as barbarians by Julius Caesar and Livy, but now had become these Ur people, far more ancient and civilized than their ancient Roman detractors.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Now Uchis has arenas of fans around the world proving just how wrong those detractors were.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025
Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
However, the series wasn't without its detractors.
—Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Without a flashy passing game, Iowa’s style of play generates plenty of detractors.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
But everything else — revenue sharing and NIL deals that hinge on endorsements and appearances — is where those detractors tend to draw the line.
—Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
Visconti said Kirk's detractors typically misinterpreted Kirk or twisted his comments out of context.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
This was the Kuminga that even his biggest detractors had to acknowledge existed somewhere.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
The Gauls had been described as barbarians by Julius Caesar and Livy, but now had become these Ur people, far more ancient and civilized than their ancient Roman detractors.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Now Uchis has arenas of fans around the world proving just how wrong those detractors were.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for detractors
critics
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The exchange with the radio host went too far even for some of Mamdani’s Democratic critics, who condemned the conversation as Islamophobic.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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John Ruskin, the greatest of architectural critics, observed that a nation writes its history in many books, but that the book of its buildings is the most enduring.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Detractors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detractors. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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