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Synonyms for character assassination

  • noun

Most common

assassination slander blackwash smear campaign vilification swift boating

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Slander

slander, assassination, blackwash

2. Smear campaign

smear campaign, vilification, calumny, demonization, demonisation UK

Other

swift boating, hit job slang

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.

Related words

Other spellings
character-assassination

Example sentences

  • assassination Jugurtha directed the assassination of his cousin.
  • slander She loudly said every slander imaginable about me.

By length

7 letters
slander2, calumny3
9 letters
blackwash
12 letters
vilification5, demonization5, demonisation
13 letters
assassination5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (slander2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
médisance
Italiano
maldicenza