Critic

Noun

 * 1) A person who appraises the works of others
 * 2) A specialist in judging works of art
 * 3) One who criticizes; a person who finds fault
 * 4) An opponent

Related terms

 * crisis
 * criticism
 * critical
 * critical mass
 * criticize / criticise
 * critically
 * critique
 * criterion

Adjectives
superficial; facetious; astute; dramatic; generous; literary; interpretative; level-headed; penetrating; routine; quibbling; shortsighted; ingenious; unsparing; carping; exacting; fastidious; contemporary; music; unperceived; unknown; crabbed; inimitable; bitter; theatrical; vigorous; judicious; inimical; celebrated; fair-minded; aggressive ;  arrogant;  opinionated over-subtle; ignorant; self-constituted; amateur; thoughtful; passionate; clumsy; educational; creative; penetrating; textual; profound; robust; vicious; haughty; persistent; radical; alert; fearless; toilsome; impartial; snarling; invidious; discriminating; unfriendly; surly; grave; primitive; captious; malevolent; merciless; conscientious; competent; sincere; pure; serious sober; sanguine; enthusiastic; tolerant; disinterested; keen;  ablest;   authoritative master; indisputable; first-rate; leading eminent;  noted;   outstanding;   caviling jaundiced; befuddled; sarcastic; cynical pious; caustic; hostile; pertinacious; belligerent; gloomy; ill-disposed; lethargic; incipient; typical; exaggerating; blatant; incessant; thoroughgoing.

Verbs
confound —s; silence —; — appraises; — assails; — asserts; — attacks; — belittles; — blames; — chatter; — disparages; — exalts himself; — gauges; — gloats; — interprets; — inveighs; — lauds; — opposes; — praises; — pronounces; — rails; — shuns; — snipes at; — weighs.

Thesaurus
advertising writer, aficionado, allegorist, amateur, annalist, annotator, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste, art critic, author, authoress, authority, belittler, belletrist, bibliographer, bon vivant, book reviewer, buff, captious, captious critic, carper, carping, caviler, caviling, censor, censorious, censurer, cicerone, clarifier, coauthor, cognoscente, collaborator, collector, columnist, commentator, commenter, common scold, compiler, complainer, composer, connaisseur, connoisseur, copywriter, creative writer, criticaster, criticizer, critickin, criticule, cryptanalyst, cryptographer, cryptologist, dance critic, decoder, definer, demonstrator, demythologizer, diarist, diaskeuast, dilettante, disparager, dragoman, drama critic, dramatist, editor, editorial writer, editorialist, emendator, emender, encyclopedist, epicure, epicurean, essayist, euhemerist, exegesist, exegete, exegetist, expert, explainer, explicator, exponent, expositor, expounder, fan, faultfinder, faultfinding, freak, free lance, free-lance writer, frondeur, ghost, ghostwriter, glossarist, glossographer, go-between, good judge, gourmand, gourmet, guide, hermeneut, humorist, hypercritical, inditer, interpreter, judge, knocker, leader writer, lexicographer, literary artist, literary craftsman, literary critic, literary man, litterateur, logographer, magazine writer, man of letters, maven, metaphrast, momus, monographer, muckraker, mudslinger, music critic, news analyst, newspaperman, nitpicker, novelettist, novelist, nut, oneirocritic, overcritical, pamphleteer, paraphrast, penwoman, pettifogger, poet, prose writer, publicist, pundit, quibbler, refined palate, reviewer, savant, scenario writer, scenarist, scholar, scholiast, scold, scribe, scriptwriter, short-story writer, smellfungus, social critic, specialist, storyteller, technical expert, technical writer, technician, textual critic, translator, virtuoso, word painter, wordsmith, writer

Etymology
From criticus:, from  κριτικός: from κρίνω:.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: критик
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kritikisto
 * Estonian: arvustaja
 * Finnish: arvioija, arvottaja
 * French: critique
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: критик
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: критик
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew: מבקר (mevaqer), מבקרת (mevaqeret)
 * Hungarian:


 * Indonesian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: ناقد
 * Bulgarian: критикар
 * Estonian: arvustaja
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew: מבקר (mevaqer), מבקרת (mevaqeret)


 * Hungarian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:


 * Romanian:


 * : critique m (1-3), détracteur/-trice m/f (4)
 * : κριτικός (kritikos) m
 * : crítico
 * : విమర్శకుడు (vimarSakuDu) m, విమర్శకురాలు (vimarSakuraalu) f

Anagrams

 * citric

Noun

 * 1) critic

Adjective

 * 1) critical