different between detractor vs naysayer

English

Alternative forms

• detractour (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman detractour, from Old French detractor.

Noun

detractor (plural detractors)

1. A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.
   • 2012, Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world (in The Daily Telegraph, 15 November 2012)[1]

     Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like firewater drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their detractors groan.

Synonyms

• slanderer
• libeler
• cynic
• mudslinger
• defamer

Antonyms

• proponent
• supporter

Translations

Anagrams

• tractored

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /de??trak.tor/, [d?e??t??äkt??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de?trak.tor/, [d???t???kt??r]

Noun

d?tractor m (genitive d?tract?ris); third declension

1. detractor, disparager

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Verb

d?tractor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of d?tract?

References

• detractor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• detractor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• detractor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French détracteur

Noun

detractor m (plural detractori)

1. detractor

Declension

Spanish

Noun

detractor m (plural detractores, feminine detractora, feminine plural detractoras)

1. detractor

English

Alternative forms

• nay-sayer

Etymology

Origin: 1715–1725, from nay +? say +? -er, equivalent to naysay +? -er. First recorded use: 1721.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ne?.?se?.?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ne?.?se?.?/
• Hyphenation: nay?say?er

Noun

naysayer (plural naysayers)

1. One who consistently denies, criticizes, or doubts; a detractor.

   He ignored the naysayers and succeeded with his idea.

Synonyms

• pessimist, doubter, cynic, misanthrope

Antonyms

• yeasayer, yea-sayer

Related terms

• naysaying, nay-saying

Translations