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| Main Entry: | critic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analyst, interpreter |
| Synonyms: | arbiter, authority, cartoonist, commentator, connoisseur, diagnostic, expert, judge, pundit, reviewer, sharpshooter, analyzer, annotator, caricaturist, evaluator, expositor |
| Main Entry: | critic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | faultfinder, detractor |
| Synonyms: | attacker, backseat driver, censor, doubter, aristarch, belittler, blamer, carper, caviler, censurer, complainant, complainer, defamer, disapprover, disparager, disputer, 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, announcer, correspondent, critic, interpreter, observer, pundit, reviewer, writer, annotator, expositor, sportscaster |
| Main Entry: | connoisseur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority |
| Synonyms: | adept, aesthete, aficionado, arbiter, bon vivant, buff*, cognoscente, critic, devotee, dilettante, epicure, expert, fan, freak*, gourmet, judge, maven*, nut*, savant, specialist, appreciator, one into |
| Antonyms: | ignoramus |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crybaby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | malcontent |
| Synonyms: | critic, sissy, wimp*, bellyacher, complainer, faultfinder, griper, grumbler, moaner, softy, whiner, wuss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | epicurean |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gourmet |
| Synonyms: | bon vivant, connoisseur, critic, epicure, gastronome, glutton, gourmand, hedonist, sensualist, specialist, sybarite, gastronomer, pleasure seeker |
| Main Entry: | gourmet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who likes, knows about |
| Synonyms: | connoisseur, critic, epicure, epicurean, gastronome, gourmand, food bon vivant, gastronomer, gastronomist |
| 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, dissenter, dissident, heretic, nonbeliever, radical, rebel, denouncer, image-breaker, non-conformist, questioner, revolutionist, ruiner, sceptic, unbeliever |
| Main Entry: | judge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who arbitrates |
| Synonyms: | arbiter, authority, bench, court, critic, expert, honor, inspector, intercessor, intermediary, interpreter, judiciary, justice, magistrate, marshal, moderator, negotiator, peacemaker, referee, umpire, warden, adjudicator, appraiser, assessor, chancellor, conciliator, evaluator, justice of peace, legal official, magister, ombudsman, reconciler |
| Main Entry: | scholar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very involved in education and learning |
| Synonyms: | academic, augur, bookworm*, brain*, critic, disciple, doctor, egghead*, gnome*, grind*, intellectual, learned person, learner, philosopher, professor, pupil, sage, savant, scientist, student, teacher, tool, bookish person, litterateur, person of letters, schoolchild, wise person |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | writer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who composes with language |
| Synonyms: | author, columnist, contributor, correspondent, critic, dramatist, editor, journalist, novelist, poet, reporter, scribe, biographer, essayist, freelancer, ghostwriter, newspaper person, person of letters, screenwriter, scribbler, scripter, stenographer, stringer, wordsmith |
| Antonyms: | reader |
| Main Entry: | detractor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | derogator |
| Synonyms: | censor, critic, defamer, depreciator |
| Main Entry: | interpreter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | translator |
| Synonyms: | analyst, artist, commentator, critic, delegate, editor, exponent, guide, linguist, philosopher, professor, reviewer, scholar, speaker, spokesperson, writer, annotator, biographer, decoder, exegete, explicator, expositor, glossographer, paraphraser |
| Main Entry: | talent scout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recruiter |
| Synonyms: | body snatcher, critic, reviewer, scout, executive recruiter, flesh peddler, headhunter, talent agent |
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