| Main Entry: | critic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analyst, interpreter |
Synonyms: |
analyzer, annotator, arbiter, authority, caricaturist, cartoonist, commentator, connoisseur, diagnostic, evaluator, expert, expositor, judge, pundit, reviewer, sharpshooter |
| Main Entry: | critic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | faultfinder, detractor |
Synonyms: |
aristarch, attacker, backseat driver, belittler, blamer, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, complainant, complainer, defamer, disapprover, disparager, disputer, doubter, fretter, hypercritic, maligner, muckraker, mud-slinger, nagger, nit-picker, panner, quibbler, reviler, scolder, sidewalk superintendent, slanderer, vilifier, worrier, zapper |
Antonyms: |
complimenter, praiser |
| Main Entry: | commentator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reporter |
Synonyms: |
analyst, annotator, announcer, correspondent, critic, expositor, interpreter, observer, pundit, reviewer, sportscaster, writer |
| Main Entry: | connoisseur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority |
Synonyms: |
adept, aesthete, aficionado, appreciator, arbiter, bon vivant, buff*, cognoscente, critic, devotee, dilettante, epicure, expert, fan, freak*, gourmet, judge, maven*, nut*, one into, savant, specialist |
Antonyms: |
ignoramus |
| Main Entry: | critical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fault-finding, detracting |
Synonyms: |
analytical, belittling, biting, calumniatory, captious, carping, caviling, cavillous, censorious, censuring, choleric, condemning, critic, cutting, cynical, demanding, demeaning, derogatory, diagnostic, disapproving, discerning, discriminating, disparaging, exacting, exceptive, finicky, fussy, hairsplitting, humbling, hypercritical, lowering, nagging, niggling, nit-picking, overcritical, particular, penetrating, reproachful, sarcastic, satirical, scolding, severe, sharp, trenchant, withering |
Antonyms: |
complimentary, laudatory, praising |
| Main Entry: | crybaby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | malcontent |
Synonyms: |
bellyacher, complainer, critic, faultfinder, griper, grumbler, moaner, sissy, softy, whiner, wimp*, wuss |
| Main Entry: | epicurean |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gourmet |
Synonyms: |
bon vivant, connoisseur, critic, epicure, gastronome, gastronomer, glutton, gourmand, hedonist, pleasure seeker, sensualist, specialist, sybarite |
| Main Entry: | gourmet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who likes, knows about |
Synonyms: |
connoisseur, critic, epicure, epicurean, food bon vivant, gastronome, gastronomer, gastronomist, gourmand |
| Notes: | the gourmand rates quantity higher than quality and the gourmet adopts the opposite approach; a gourmand is one whose chief pleasure is eating and a gourmet is a connoisseur of food and wines |
| Main Entry: | iconoclast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detractor |
Synonyms: |
critic, cynic, denouncer, dissenter, dissident, heretic, image-breaker, non-conformist, nonbeliever, questioner, radical, rebel, revolutionist, ruiner, sceptic, unbeliever |
| Main Entry: | judge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who arbitrates |
Synonyms: |
adjudicator, appraiser, arbiter, assessor, authority, bench, chancellor, conciliator, court, critic, evaluator, expert, honor, inspector, intercessor, intermediary, interpreter, judiciary, justice, justice of peace, legal official, magister, magistrate, marshal, moderator, negotiator, ombudsman, peacemaker, reconciler, referee, umpire, warden |