Antonyms for admirers


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ad-mahyuhr
Phonetic Transcription : ædˈmaɪər


Definition of admirers

Origin :
  • early 15c. (implied in admired), from Middle French admirer (Old French amirer, 14c.), or directly from Latin admirari "to wonder at" (see admiration). Related: Admiring; admiringly.
  • noun person who holds someone in high regard
Example sentences :
  • Therefore, if only to avoid his worst foes, his admirers, a man should avoid system.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Macdonald, however, was not a man to be put down in his own shop and before his own admirers.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • He received the gifts as tributes, from admirers, to a public character.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • She must get away before her admirers demanded her reappearance on the platform.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • And they add their admirers' names at the top of the writing, out of gratitude to them.
  • Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
  • Then what is the trick of his art, and why does he receive money from his admirers?
  • Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
  • And once more Doctor Dick rolled away with a cheer from his admirers.
  • Extract from : « Buffalo Bill's Spy Trailer » by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham
  • There is an excellent bust of Keats, presented by American admirers in 1894.
  • Extract from : « Hampstead and Marylebone » by Geraldine Edith Mitton
  • Then other admirers of talent and learning boarded and lodged him.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • But he did not dream of the devoted army of forty thousand admirers.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett

Synonyms for admirers

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