a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes

a poor critic of men.

a person who judges, evaluates, or analyzes literary or artistic works, dramatic or musical performances, or the like, esp. for a newspaper or magazine.

a person who tends too readily to make captious, trivial, or harsh judgments; faultfinder.

Archaic .

criticism.

critique.

noun

complimenter , praiser

noun

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