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Synonyms for back biter

Most common

cynic slanderer defamer traducer detractor libeler US maligner vilifier

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.

Related words

Other spellings
backbiter

Example sentences

  • cynic That's just the jaundiced view of an old cynic.
  • slanderer What say'st thou—slanderer !—rouge makes thee sick ?

By length

5 letters
cynic2
7 letters
defamer, libeler
8 letters
traducer, libeller, maligner, vilifier
9 letters
detractor3, slanderer3
11 letters
calumniator

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cynic2 = 2 syllables).