Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word

Antonyms for admirer

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ad-mahyuhr

Phonetic Transcription : ædˈmaɪər

Definition of admirer

Origin : c.1600, agent noun from admire (v.). "In common speech, a lover" [Johnson], a sense recorded from 1704.

noun person who holds someone in high regard

Example sentences :

He spoke of them more like a lover than an admirer, and told me he liked to go to them alone.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Imogen was not coy; she would not have treated her admirer with affected disdain.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

Never would she attempt to divert a glance from her cousin's admirer.
Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley

"As Miss Dalton's admirer, I hope rumor adds that," said she, hastily.
Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

Of the "empasto," so much spoken of by connoisseurs, he is an admirer.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 » by Various

Blanche felt flattered; but she was not thrown off the scent, as her admirer intended her to be.
Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt

She never gave her admirer the least encouragement so far as I could see.
Extract from : « Schwartz: A History » by David Christie Murray

There was this dreadful man, Woodley, if you can call him an admirer.
Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle

At no time was the old soldier an admirer of the peaceful disciples of Fox.
Extract from : « The Pioneers » by James Fenimore Cooper

That was a picture from which many an admirer shrank with horror!
Extract from : « A Ghetto Violet » by Leopold Kompert

Synonyms for admirer

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019