extollers
Those who praise
Extollers are people who praise something enthusiastically or lavishly.
The word carries a sense of vocal, perhaps excessive admiration: The extollers of free-market capitalism dismiss any talk of regulation.
Someone described as an extoller is typically promoting or championing a cause, person, or idea.
Contest winners, top performers
- promotersThose who advance causes
- supportersPeople who back something
- endorsersThose who publicly approve
- boostersThings that increase power
enthusiasts · proponents · admirers · fans · backers · evangelists · cheerleaders · publicists
Those who revere religiously
- devoteesPassionate adherents
- glorifiersThose who praise highly
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- faithfulConsistently loyal and true
believers · reverent · pious · thanksgiving · hallelujah · hosanna · doxology · benediction
Deliverers of tribute speeches
- hagiographersWriters of saints' lives
- bardsPoet-musicians of old
- poetsComposers of verse
- oratorsEloquent public speakers
rhetoricians · sonneteers · elegists · biographers · chroniclers · memorialists · flatterers · sycophants
Those who assess work
- commentatorsThose who analyze publicly
- columnistsRegular opinion piece authors
- appreciatorsThose who value something
- connoisseursExpert judges of quality
judges · tastemakers · assessors · evaluators · appraisers · analysts · experts · authorities
champions
Contest winners, top performers
- promotersThose who advance causes
- supportersPeople who back something
- endorsersThose who publicly approve
boosters · enthusiasts · proponents · admirers · fans · backers · evangelists · cheerleaders · publicists · ambassadors
worshippers
Those who revere religiously
- devoteesPassionate adherents
- glorifiersThose who praise highly
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
faithful · believers · reverent · pious · thanksgiving · hallelujah · hosanna · doxology · benediction · liturgy
eulogists
Deliverers of tribute speeches
- hagiographersWriters of saints' lives
- bardsPoet-musicians of old
- poetsComposers of verse
orators · rhetoricians · sonneteers · elegists · biographers · chroniclers · memorialists · flatterers · sycophants · courtiers
reviewers
Those who assess work
- commentatorsThose who analyze publicly
- columnistsRegular opinion piece authors
- appreciatorsThose who value something
connoisseurs · judges · tastemakers · assessors · evaluators · appraisers · analysts · experts · authorities · testimonials
- admirersfans, devotees, followers, enthusiasts, admirers
extollersdetractors
People who criticize
critics · denouncers · condemners · disparagers · censurers