mongers
Those who peddle
Mongers is the plural of monger, a word that survives mainly in compounds.
A monger sells or deals in something: fishmonger, ironmonger, cheesemonger.
The figurative extension is someone who trades in or promotes something undesirable: warmonger, fearmonger, rumormonger, hatemonger.
The cable news mongers were at it again.
To monger is to spread or promote: mongering conspiracy theories.
One who overstates threats
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
hysteria · paranoia · fearmongering · propaganda · sensationalism · doom · crisis · threat
Street fruit and vegetable seller
- greengrocerRetailer of fresh produce
- butcherOne who sells cuts
- vendorOne who sells goods
- stallholderMarket booth operator
hawker · peddler · trader · purveyor · shopkeeper · market · wares · goods
Ardent admirer of something
- evangelistZealous advocate or preacher
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- pusherOne who shoves forward
- peddlerRoving small-goods merchant
promoter · dealer · influencer · ambassador · champion · spreader · disseminator · popularizer
One who stokes alarm
- rumormongerOne who spreads unverified talk
- sleazeTawdry moral quality
- profiteerOne exploiting shortages
- exploiterOne who uses unfairly
agitator · demagogue · rabble-rouser · troublemaker · instigator · provocateur · charlatan · swindler
alarmist
One who overstates threats
anxiety · hysteria · paranoia · fearmongering · propaganda · sensationalism · doom · crisis · threat · agitation
costermonger
Street fruit and vegetable seller
- greengrocerRetailer of fresh produce
- butcherOne who sells cuts
- vendorOne who sells goods
stallholder · hawker · peddler · trader · purveyor · shopkeeper · market · wares · goods · fresh
enthusiast
Ardent admirer of something
- evangelistZealous advocate or preacher
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- pusherOne who shoves forward
peddler · promoter · dealer · influencer · ambassador · champion · spreader · disseminator · popularizer · trendsetter
fearmonger
One who stokes alarm
- rumormongerOne who spreads unverified talk
- sleazeTawdry moral quality
- profiteerOne exploiting shortages
exploiter · agitator · demagogue · rabble-rouser · troublemaker · instigator · provocateur · charlatan · swindler · villain
rumormonger
One who spreads unverified talk
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- slanderSpoken false defamation
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
innuendo · tittle-tattle · backbiting · busybody · muckraker · tattler · blabber · dirt · leak · smear
mongerscustomers
People who purchase goods
buyers · purchasers · consumers · patrons · clients
mongerssuppressors
Devices that reduce intensity
peacemakers · conciliators · pacifiers · calmers · peacekeepers
- fear mongeringDeliberate spreading of exaggerated threats
- fear mongersThose spreading exaggerated dangers
- rumor mongersSpreaders of unverified talk
- rumor mongeringSpreading unverified information
- fish mongerRetailer of fresh catch
- cheese mongerSeller of fermented dairy
whoremonger, warmonger, monger, fishmonger, gossipmonger, ironmonger, scandalmonger, cheesemonger, scaremonger