Thesaurus:slander

Thesaurus

slander

English

Noun

Sense: false statement injurious to a person's reputation

Detail: A false, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation.

Synonyms

• aspersion
• calumniousness
• calumny
• character assassination
• defamation
• detraction
• disparagement
• libel
• obloquy
• slander
• traducement
• vilification

Hypernyms

• statement    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:defame
• Thesaurus:defamatory
• Thesaurus:offend

Further reading

• “934. detraction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “slander” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.