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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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. Donald Trump:

   After three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead. The collusion delusion is over, the Russia witch hunt was a plan by those who lost the election to try and illegally regain power by framing innocent Americans – many of them, they suffered – with an elaborate hoax.

2. Tayyip Erdogan:

   Our goal is never to create crises, it is to protect the rights, laws, honour and sovereignty of our country, with a new statement made by the same embassies today, a step back was taken from this slander against our country and our nation. I believe these ambassadors ... will be more careful in their statements regarding Turkey’s sovereign rights.

3. Briton Duncan Scott:

   As far as I'm concerned, most of the time it's not necessary to shoot off at the mouth and respond every time, having got to this point, I shouldn't have to take this kind of insult and slander.

4. Lu Wei:

   Indeed, we do not welcome those that make money off China, occupy China's market, even as they slander China's people. These kinds of websites I definitely will not allow in my house.

5. Peter Drucker:

   While for some knowledge is food, others live on slander and gossip.The latter are the ignorant, ignore the ignorant lest you slide down to their level.