Thesaurus:slander

Thesaurus:slander

THESAURUS

slander

English

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

• defamation

• detraction

• disparagement

• calumniousness

• calumny

• libel

• obloquy

• slander

• traducement

• vilification

Hypernyms

• statement    [WS]

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.