critic
noun
[ ˈkrɪtɪk ]
• a person who expresses an unfavourable opinion of something.
• "critics of the new legislation say it is too broad"
Similar:
detractor,
censurer,
attacker,
fault-finder,
carper,
backbiter,
caviller,
reviler,
vilifier,
traducer,
disparager,
denigrator,
deprecator,
belittler,
knocker,
nitpicker,
asperser,
• a person who judges the merits of literary or artistic works, especially one who does so professionally.
• "a theatre critic"
Similar:
commentator,
observer,
monitor,
pundit,
expert,
authority,
arbiter,
interpreter,
exponent,
expounder,
writer,
author,
speaker,
reviewer,
appraiser,
evaluator,
analyst,
judge,
scholiast,
exegete,
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin criticus, from Greek kritikos, from kritēs ‘a judge’, from krinein ‘judge, decide’.
