'muckraker' definitions:
Definition of 'muckraker'
(from WordNet)
noun
One who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage) [syn: muckraker, mudslinger]
Definition of 'muckraker'
From: GCIDE
- muckraker \muck"rak`er\ (m[u^]k"r[=a]k`[~e]r), n. A person who habitually muckrakes. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'muckraker'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- annotator,
- backbiter,
- belittler,
- calumniator,
- captious critic,
- carper,
- caustic critic,
- caviler,
- censor,
- censurer,
- cognoscente,
- commentator,
- commenter,
- connoisseur,
- critic,
- criticaster,
- criticizer,
- critickin,
- criticule,
- cynic,
- debunker,
- decrier,
- defamer,
- deflater,
- depreciator,
- derogator,
- detractor,
- disparager,
- editor,
- faultfinder,
- hatchet man,
- knocker,
- libeler,
- literary critic,
- man of letters,
- mudslinger,
- railer,
- reviewer,
- scholiast,
- slanderer,
- smellfungus,
- social critic,
- textual critic,
- Thersites,
- traducer