Synonyms for critic
ˈkrɪt ɪkcrit·ic

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1. critic

   Etymologically, the amateur is one who loves, the connoisseur one who knows. In usage, the term amateur is applied to one who pursues any study or art simply from the love of it; the word carries a natural implication of superficialness, tho marked excellence is at times attained by amateurs. A connoisseur is supposed to be so thoroughly informed regarding any art or work as to be able to criticize or select intelligently and authoritatively; there are many incompetent critics, but there can not, in the true sense, be an incompetent connoisseur. The amateur practises to some extent that in regard to which he may not be well informed; the connoisseur is well informed in regard to that which he may not practise at all. A novice or tyro may be a professional; an amateur never is; the amateur may be skilled and experienced as the novice or tyro never is. Dilettante, which had originally the sense of amateur, has to some extent come to denote one who is superficial, pretentious, and affected, whether in theory or practise.

   Synonyms:
   amateur, connoisseur, dilettante, novice, tyro

   Preposition:
   An amateur in art.

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1. critic

   Synonyms:
   judge, censor, arbiter, savant

   Antonyms:
   author, writer, performer, artist

Princeton's WordNet

1. criticnoun

   a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

2. criticnoun

   anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something

3. criticnoun

   someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments

Matched Categories

1. • Evaluator
   • Professional
   • Unpleasant Person

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1. criticnoun

   Synonyms:
   reviewer, censor, connoisseur, judge (of artistic merit)

2. criticnoun

   Synonyms:
   censurer, caviller, carper

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1. criticnoun

   Synonyms:
   censor, reviewer, adept, judge, inspector, caviler, carper, censurer, zoilus

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1. List of paraphrases for "critic":

   critical, commentator, critique, criticism, spokesperson

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1. Chris Smith:

   His condition has not improved since ; he has not regained consciousness, his wife, Yevgenia, said in an e-mail to RFE/RL and other media outlets. Kara-Murza’s father, a prominent journalist, told Russian media Thursday that the situation appears to be more serious than we thought. His lungs are being artificially ventilated, he is connected to 10 devices. Related ImageExpand / ContractKara-Murza,( l.), is an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as was his ally, Boris Nemtsov,( r.). , who was gunned down near the Kremlin in February. ( Reuters) Kara-Murza's father is a journalist with RFE/RL’s Russian Service. The activist's family was stopped short of raising public questions about whether foul play was involved. There is no criminal case so far, none has been opened because he is simply a normal patient who arrived at a Moscow hospital by ambulance. That’s his status, nothing more, his father told a radio station. Our task right now is to bring him to a normal trajectory of recuperation. We ’ll establish the cause [ of the illness ] later. Open Russia was founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an oil oligarch and Kremlin opponent who lives in Switzerland after Mikhail Khodorkovsky was pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2013 following 10 years in prison. Open Russia's new documentary accuses Kadyrov, a former rebel fighter who joined forces with the Kremlin in 2000, of participating in murders and torture in the North Caucasus republic. Related ImageExpand / ContractChechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was accused of torture and murder in the new documentary. ( Reuters) Both the Kremlin and Kadyrov have denied involvement in the killing of Boris Nemtsov, although Kadyrov praised the main suspect in the case, a former Chechen police officer, as a.

2. Jules Renard:

   We are born at the rise of the curtain and we die with its fall, and every night in the presence of our patrons we write our new creation, and every night it is blotted out forever; and of what use is it to say to audience or to critic, Ah, but you should have seen me last Tuesday?

3. Professor Kalt:

   Citing me that way, they make it sound like I was making that argument. But I wasn't. On page 37, I raise that argument as something a critic might say, and then I refute it.

4. Rudy Giuliani:

   President Obama was brought up in an atmosphere in which he was taught to be a critic of America, that is a distinction with prior American presidents.

5. Wilson Mizner:

   A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.