Definition for Criticize:

• same as criticise; as, The paper criticized the new movie.

Synonyms for Criticize:

• n.

  •
  • remonstrate,
  • probe,
  • study,
  • scrutinize,
  • find fault with.
  •
  • review.
  •criticize (noun)
  • criticise,
  • pick apart.

• v.

  •accuse (verb)
  • arraign,
  • accuse,
  • impute,
  • allege,
  • implicate,
  • cite,
  • charge,
  • inculpate.
  •analyze, interpret (verb)
  • assess,
  • appraise,
  • give opinion,
  • comment upon,
  • pass judgment on.
  •disapprove (verb)
  • chasten,
  • defame,
  • chastise,
  • deprecate,
  • renounce,
  • denigrate,
  • deride,
  • admonish,
  • censure,
  • scorn,
  • disparage,
  • chide,
  • vilify,
  • discredit,
  • defile.
  •disapprove, judge as bad (verb)
  • rap,
  • slam,
  • take down,
  • scathe,
  • do a number on,
  • knock,
  • cut down,
  • rip,
  • trash,
  • reprobate,
  • dress down,
  • bash,
  • cut to bits,
  • zap,
  • trim,
  • scorch,
  • clobber,
  • skin alive,
  • blister,
  • nag at,
  • come down on,
  • fluff,
  • cut up,
  • slog,
  • Fustigate,
  • HIT,
  • give bad press,
  • slug,
  • nit-pick,
  • pick at,
  • animadvert on.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • nag,
  • ride,
  • snipe,
  • derogate,
  • kiss off,
  • rubbish,
  • rebuke,
  • dog,
  • sniff,
  • satirize,
  • boo,
  • talk down.
  •
  • excoriate.
  •
  • correct,
  • pan.
  •
  • fault.
  •admonish
  • reprove.
  •attack
  • jump down throat.
  •blame
  • skin,
  • indict,
  • jump all over,
  • Denunciate,
  • lay at door.
  •carp
  • gift.
  •chew out
  • tell off.
  •condemn
  • disapprove,
  • let have it.
  •deny
  • disclaim.
  •detract
  • belittle.
  •disapprove
  • reprehend,
  • Discommend,
  • frown on.
  •Other relevant words:
  • discipline,
  • bear down on,
  • reproof,
  • niggle,
  • explain,
  • torment,
  • muckrake,
  • harry,
  • demur,
  • detract from,
  • annoy,
  • underestimate,
  • punish,
  • get,
  • contemn,
  • bespatter,
  • chivy,
  • Avile,
  • Whinge,
  • peck at,
  • come,
  • pillory,
  • note down,
  • brand,
  • calumniate,
  • disparagement,
  • depreciate,
  • handle,
  • tut-tut,
  • advise,
  • recriminate,
  • knocker,
  • destroy,
  • define,
  • investigate,
  • strike hard,
  • comment on,
  • badger,
  • slander,
  • dishonour,
  • give what for,
  • pester,
  • inquire,
  • bemoan,
  • call into question,
  • pull to pieces,
  • Dissert,
  • demean,
  • belabour,
  • tease,
  • reduce,
  • run,
  • lace into,
  • devalue,
  • berate,
  • test,
  • carpet,
  • gloss,
  • assay,
  • give hell,
  • interpret,
  • degrade,
  • analyse,
  • deplore,
  • bully,
  • go into,
  • discuss,
  • fuss,
  • hector,
  • chevy,
  • disrespect,
  • caviler,
  • point to,
  • devaluate,
  • annotate,
  • traduce,
  • taunt,
  • bullyrag,
  • ridicule,
  • backcap,
  • faultfinder,
  • blow upon,
  • shame,
  • bewail,
  • momus,
  • pooh-pooh,
  • bring to book,
  • warn,
  • criticizer,
  • pounce upon,
  • abhor,
  • devastate,
  • scrutinise,
  • harass,
  • survey,
  • talk,
  • write up,
  • rate,
  • chivvy,
  • dispute,
  • dislike,
  • downgrade,
  • pull,
  • plague,
  • disdain,
  • kibitz,
  • split hairs,
  • oppugn,
  • revile,
  • vituperation,
  • abuse,
  • critique,
  • pettifog,
  • lampoon,
  • goad,
  • irritate,
  • undervalue,
  • belabor,
  • slate,
  • underrate,
  • cast aspersions,
  • carper,
  • malign,
  • insult,
  • put,
  • blow up,
  • pick to pieces,
  • flay,
  • discourse,
  • reject,
  • criminate,
  • twit,
  • bawl out,
  • lessen,
  • task,
  • bump,
  • penalize,
  • impugn,
  • ballyrag,
  • Keelhaul,
  • carp at,
  • explicate,
  • wig,
  • shoot at,
  • kvetch,
  • translate,
  • value,
  • fire at,
  • frown upon,
  • trivialize,
  • quibble,
  • look down on,
  • despise,
  • bother,
  • moralize,
  • inquire into,
  • vituperate,
  • dissertate,
  • cheapen,
  • give the business,
  • vex,
  • remark upon,
  • fulminate,
  • nettle,
  • Henpeck,
  • remonstrate with,
  • lash,
  • slight,
  • needle,
  • sail into,
  • pull apart,
  • mitigate,
  • de-emphasize,
  • backbite,
  • elucidate,
  • hissing,
  • rap knuckles,
  • Vilipend,
  • pick,
  • libel,
  • cavil,
  • grouse,
  • decry,
  • ruin,
  • give a dressing-down,
  • worry,
  • blacken,
  • gripe,
  • lash out,
  • diminish,
  • minimize,
  • condemnation,
  • tear into,
  • play down,
  • moan,
  • hammer,
  • vociferate,
  • disapprove of,
  • nibble at,
  • detract,
  • lecture,
  • asperse,
  • declaim,
  • beat-up,
  • irk,
  • call to account,
  • regret,
  • pounce on,
  • slap wrist.

Paraphrases for Criticize:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    criticizes, criticizing, criticized.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    criticise.
  • Verb, base form
    criticise.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    rebukes, hammers, rips, raps, slashes.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    accuse, blame, assail, deplore.
  • Verb, base form
    accuse, scold, blame, comment, comments, censure, deplore, knock.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    critique.

Antonyms for Criticize:

• v.

  • disapprove, judge as bad
    estimate, flatter, lose, commend, suppose, forgive, exonerate, compliment, laud, guess, approve, praise.
  • Other antonyms:
    recommend, sanction, endorse.

Homophones for Criticize:

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