Usually means: Person who criticizes or opposes something.
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  1. detractor: Merriam-Webster
  2. detractor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. detractor: Collins English Dictionary
  4. detractor: Vocabulary.com
  5. detractor: Wordnik
  6. detractor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. detractor: Wiktionary
  8. detractor: Dictionary.com
  9. detractor: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. detractor: Rhymezone
  11. detractor: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. detractor: FreeDictionary.org
  13. detractor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. detractor: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. detractor: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ noun:  A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.

Similar:
disparager, depreciator, knocker, discreditor, devaluator, destructor, dispraiser, demotivator, distractor, disinformer, more...

Opposite:
advocate, supporter, fan

Types:
critic, opponent, dissenter, adversary, enemy, foe, antagonist, objector, disapprover, more...

Adjectives:
chief, envious, greatest, only, major, anonymous, worst, biggest, principal, vocal, main

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Similar:
disparager, depreciator, knocker, discreditor, devaluator, destructor, dispraiser, demotivator, distractor, disinformer, more...

Opposite:
advocate, supporter, fan

Types:
critic, opponent, dissenter, adversary, enemy, foe, antagonist, objector, disapprover, more...

Adjectives:
chief, envious, greatest, only, major, anonymous, worst, biggest, principal, vocal, main

Colors:
    gray,     black,     dark red,     olive,     charcoal, more...



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