Synonyms for slander
ˈslæn dərslan·der

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1. slanderverb

   Synonyms:
   libel, defame

2. slanderverb

   to utter a slanderous statement

   Synonyms:
   defame, libel

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1. slander

   To slander a person is to utter a false and injurious report concerning him; to defame is specifically and directly to attack one's reputation; to defame by spoken words is to slander, by written words, to libel. To asperse is, as it were, to bespatter with injurious charges; to malign is to circulate studied and malicious attacks upon character; to traduce is to exhibit one's real or assumed traits in an odious light; to revile or vilify is to attack with vile abuse. To disparage is to represent one's admitted good traits or acts as less praiseworthy than they would naturally be thought to be, as for instance, by ascribing a man's benevolence to a desire for popularity or display. To libel or slander is to make an assault upon character and repute that comes within the scope of law; the slander is uttered, the libel written, printed, or pictured. To backbite is to speak something secretly to one's injury; to calumniate is to invent as well as utter the injurious charge. One may "abuse," "assail," or vilify another to his face; he asperses, calumniates, slanders, or traduces him behind his back.

   Synonyms:
   asperse, backbite, calumniate, decry, defame, depreciate, disparage, libel, malign, revile, traduce, vilify

   Antonyms:
   defend, eulogize, extol, laud, praise, vindicate

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1. slander

   Synonyms:
   asperse, defame, calumniate, vilify, abuse, scandalize, traduce, belittle, blacken

   Antonyms:
   praise, laud, honor, vindicate, defend, panegyrize, eulogize, shield, commend

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1. slandernoun

   words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

   Synonyms:
   denigration, calumny, aspersion, defamation

2. aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigrationverb

   an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

   Synonyms:
   hatchet job, calumniation, calumny, sprinkling, traducement, obloquy, defamation, belittling, deprecation, denigration, aspersion, slur

3. defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirchverb

   charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

   "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

   Synonyms:
   besmirch, smudge, asperse, maculate, taint, smear, smutch, calumniate, tarnish, denigrate, minimize, blur, defile, sully, stain, daub, smirch, defame, corrupt, belittle, cloud, derogate

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1. • Defamation
   • Speech Act

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1. slanderverb

   Synonyms:
   defame, calumniate, vilify, scandalize, decry, reproach, malign, traduce, brand, blacken, asperse, backbite, libel, lampoon, satirize, run down, inveigh against

2. slandernoun

   Synonyms:
   defamation (maliciously uttered), CALUMNY, aspersion, detraction, backbiting, scandal, obloquy, libel, lampoon

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1. slandernoun

   Synonyms:
   defamation, calumny, aspersion, libel, vilification, scandal, abuse, traducement, backbiting, roorback, vituperation

2. slanderverb

   Synonyms:
   malign, defame, traduce, asperse, vilify, calumniate, backbite, scandalize, libel

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1. List of paraphrases for "slander":

   defamation, libel, calumny, defame, vilification, slur, malign, denigration, smear

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How to use slander in a sentence?

1. Hassan Rouhani:

   They want to impose maximum ... pressure on Iran through slander, we don't want conflict in the region ... Who started the conflict?

2. Eduardo Rodríguez:

   I categorically reject the unjustified expulsion of two officials from the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the UN and the tightening of the restrictions on the movements of the diplomats and families, the allegation that they performed acts incompatible with their diplomatic status is vulgar slander.

3. Abraham Lincoln:

   Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.

4. Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

   We are saddened that a slander against our country is being accepted by a countrys parliament.

5. Demosthenes:

   It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.