'Critic' definitions:
Definition of 'critic'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art
noun
Anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
noun
Someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments
Definition of 'Critic'
From: GCIDE
- Critic \Crit"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to critics or criticism; critical. [Obs.] "Critic learning." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Critic'
From: GCIDE
- Critic \Crit"ic\, v. i. [Cf. F. critiquer.] To criticise; to play the critic. [Obs.]
- Syn: critique. [1913 Webster]
- Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have done. --A. Brewer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Critic'
From: GCIDE
- Critic \Crit"ic\ (kr[i^]t"[i^]k), n. [L. criticus, Gr. kritiko`s, a critic; prop., an adj. meaning able to discuss, from kri`nein to judge, discern. See Certain, and cf. Critique.]
- 1. One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artistic works, etc., and passes judgment upon them; a reviewer. [1913 Webster]
- The opininon of the most skillful critics was, that nothing finer [than Goldsmith's "Traveler"] had appeared in verse since the fourth book of the "Dunciad." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper. [1913 Webster]
- When an author has many beauties consistent with virtue, piety, and truth, let not little critics exalt themselves, and shower down their ill nature. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- You know who the critics are? the men who have failed in literature and art. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The art of criticism. [Obs.] --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 4. An act of criticism; a critique. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- And make each day a critic on the last. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'critic'
From: GCIDE
- Critique \Cri*tique"\ (kr[i^]*t[=e]k"), n. [F. critique, f., fr. Gr. kritikh` (sc. te`chnh) the critical art, from kritiko`s. See Critic.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The art of criticism. [Written also critic.] [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. A critical examination or estimate of a work of literature or art; a critical dissertation or essay; a careful and thorough analysis of any subject; a criticism; as, Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason." [1913 Webster]
- I should as soon expect to see a critique on the poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A critic; one who criticises. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A question among critiques in the ages to come. --Bp. Lincoln. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'critic'
From: Moby 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
Words containing 'Critic'
- Critical,
- Critically,
- Criticalness,
- Criticism,
- criticality,
- criticize,
- Critical angle,
- Critical philosophy,
- Higher criticism,
- art critic,
- critical analysis,
- critical appraisal,
- critical mass,
- critical point,
- critical review,
- critical temperature,
- drama critic,
- historical criticism,
- literary critic,
- literary criticism,
- lower criticism,
- music critic,
- new criticism,
- newspaper critic,
- petty criticism,
- textual criticism,
- theater critic,
- self-criticism