detractor

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /dɪˈtræktɚ/ UK /dɪˈtræktə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who disparages or belittles someone or something

Even her detractors conceded the brilliance of the design.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who disparages or... critic disparagerbelittlerslandererdefamerdenigrator

Opposites

supporter admirer champion advocate

Word family

Related forms detract detractiontractorattract

Etymology

From Latin detractor ('one who takes away'), from detrahere ('to draw away, disparage'), from de- ('away') + trahere ('to draw, pull').

detrahere Latin trahere Latin *tragʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# detractor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈtræktɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈtræktə/

## Meanings
1. a person who disparages or belittles someone or something

## Examples
- Even her detractors conceded the brilliance of the design.

## Synonyms
- critic
- disparager
- belittler
- slanderer
- defamer
- denigrator

## Antonyms
- supporter
- admirer
- champion
- advocate

## Related Forms
- detract
- detraction
- tractor
- attract

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: detrahere
- Root: trahere - to pull
- Root: *tragʰ-

## Etymology
From Latin detractor ('one who takes away'), from detrahere ('to draw away, disparage'), from de- ('away') + trahere ('to draw, pull').

## AI Etymology
Detractor comes from Latin detractor ('one who takes away'), from detrahere ('to draw away, disparage'), from de- ('away') + trahere ('to draw, pull'). The etymological trail includes Latin detrahere, Latin trahere, and Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ-. As a noun, detractor names a person who disparages or belittles someone or something. The same family is visible in related forms such as detract, detraction, tractor, and attract. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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