Synonyms for critique
Most common
criticism castigation dispraise animadversion review feed-back
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Criticism — the art of criticism
2. Stricture — A point made to criticize something
3. Review
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The art of criticism.
- n. 2
A point made to criticize something.
Bob liked most of my presentation, but offered three minor critiques.
- n. 3
An essay in which another piece of work is criticized, reviewed, etc.
Related words
- Word family
- critic criticize
- Is a kind of
- observation statement
Forms
- Plural
- critiques → criticisms, censures, castigations, dispraises…
Example sentences
- criticism She accepts criticism from anyone but her parents.
- review I just scored 15/15 on a review test for Unit II.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| critique | rising | |
| criticism | steady | |
| castigation | steady | |
| dispraise | falling | |
| animadversion | falling | |
| review | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- review2
- 7 letters
- censure2
- 9 letters
- criticism4, stricture2, dispraise
- 11 letters
- castigation
- 12 letters
- reprehension
- 13 letters
- animadversion
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (review2 = 2 syllables).