libeler
Publisher of falsehoods
A libeler is someone who publishes false statements that damage another person's reputation.
The term carries legal weight—libel is defamation in written or broadcast form, as opposed to spoken slander.
The newspaper was sued, and the journalist was named as the libeler.
Also spelled libeller in British English.
One who defames
- defamerOne who slanders others
- vilifierOne who disparages
- smearerOne who vilifies
- calumniatorOne who spreads falsehoods
traducer · mudslinger · backbiter · denigrator · disparager · scandalmonger · gossipmonger · accuser
Spoken false defamation
- calumnyMalicious false statement
- defamationFalse statements harming reputation
- smearSpread or defame
- aspersionDefamatory remark
lie · untruth · misrepresentation · fabrication · falsehood · rumor · innuendo · canard
Petty malicious intent
- maliceIntent to cause harm
- ill-willHostile or unkind feeling
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- vindictivenessDisposition toward retaliation
enmity · hostility · grudge · rancor · bitterness · vengeance · malevolence · vitriol
Party facing charges
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- tortActionable civil harm
- damagesCompensation for injury
civil suit · court · liable · judgment · publication · retraction · apology · settlement
slanderer
One who defames
calumniator · traducer · mudslinger · backbiter · denigrator · disparager · scandalmonger · gossipmonger · accuser · reviler
slander
Spoken false defamation
- calumnyMalicious false statement
- defamationFalse statements harming reputation
- smearSpread or defame
aspersion · lie · untruth · misrepresentation · fabrication · falsehood · rumor · innuendo · canard · disinformation
spite
Petty malicious intent
vindictiveness · enmity · hostility · grudge · rancor · bitterness · vengeance · malevolence · vitriol · hatred
defendant
Party facing charges
damages · civil suit · court · liable · judgment · publication · retraction · apology · settlement · injunction
- defamersdefamer, slanderer, calumniator, maligner, vilifier
libelereulogist
One who delivers tribute
praiser · supporter · panegyrist · defender · champion
libelertruth-teller
One who speaks accurately
fact-checker · credible witness · documentarian · investigative journalist · whistleblower
libelerdefender
One who guards another
vindicator · apologist · supporter · protector · character witness
- libel caseLawsuit over false publication
- libel lawsLegal protections against false publication
- libel suitLawsuit over damaging falsehoods
- blood libelAntisemitic fabrication about ritual murder
- criminal libelCrime of damaging reputation
libel, libelous, libels, libelled, libeling, libellous, libelers