Thesaurus:critique
English
Noun
Sense: a critical observation; a point made to criticize something
Synonyms
- animadversion
- criticism
- criticization
- critique
- dressing-down (idiomatic)
- handbagging (UK, humourous)
- slam
- stricture
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
By nature:
- cavil
- reproach
- —
- down the banks (Ireland, Liverpool, dated, slang)
- invective
- jobation
- objurgation (uncommon)
- rebuke
- scorcher
- slating
- upbraiding
- vituperation
- —
- denigration
By source:
- admonition
- monishment (archaic)
By method:
Holonyms
See also
- Thesaurus:criticize (verb)
- Thesaurus:offense (noun)
Further reading
- “932. disapprobation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “critique” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.