Slander

//ˈslɑːndə//

Synonyms for "slander" (142 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Strong matches (42)

Related words (71)

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More general

11 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

4 entries

is a

4 entries

related to

10 entries

Translations

207 translations across 64 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • shpifje noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • βλασφημία noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • διαβολή noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • διαβάλλω verb (utter a slanderous statement about)
  • ὄνομαι verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Arabic

4 entries
  • اِفْتِرَاء noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • بُهْتَان noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • تَشْهِير noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • سِعَايَة noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Armenian

1 entries
  • զրպարտություն noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • böhtan noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • iftira noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • нагаво́р noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • намо́ва noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • паклёп noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Bengali

2 entries
  • এলজাম noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • এলজাম দেওয়া verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • клевета́ noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • ху́ла noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • хула́ noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • клеветя verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Catalan

4 entries
  • calúmnia noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • injúria noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • calumniar verb (utter a slanderous statement about)
  • injuriar verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 中傷 /中伤 noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • 毀謗 /毁谤 noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • 誣蔑 /诬蔑 noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • 誹謗 /诽谤 noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Cornish

2 entries
  • sklander noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • sklandra verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Czech

3 entries
  • kleveta noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • pomluva noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • pomluvit verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Danish

2 entries
  • bagvaskelse noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • bagtale verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Dutch

3 entries
  • laster noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • lasteren verb (utter a slanderous statement about)
  • smaden verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • kalumnio noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • kalumnii verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Farefare

1 entries
  • dõrɛ verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Finnish

3 entries
  • suullinen kunnianloukkaus noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • panetella verb (utter a slanderous statement about)
  • suullisesti loukata jonkun kunniaa verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

French

3 entries
  • calomnie (orale) noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • diffamation (orale) noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • calomnier verbalement verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Galician

3 entries
  • calumniar verb (utter a slanderous statement about)
  • deostar verb (utter a slanderous statement about)
  • inxuriar verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ცილისწამება noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

German

4 entries
  • Diffamierung noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • Lästerung noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • Verleumdung noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • diffamieren verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • 𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Greek

4 entries
  • διαβολή noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • συκοφαντία noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • διαβάλλω verb (utter a slanderous statement about)
  • διασύρω verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Hindi

3 entries
  • मानहानि noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • लांछन noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • लांछन लगाना verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • rágalmazás noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • rágalom noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • rágalmaz verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • rógburður noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • rógur noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Italian

4 entries
  • calunnia noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • chiacchiera noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • diceria noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • diffamazione noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 中傷 noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • 誹謗 noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • 讒言 noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • 中傷する verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жала noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Korean

4 entries
  • 비방 noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • 손가락질 noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • 악담 noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • 중상 noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • жалаа noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Latin

2 entries
  • blasphēmia noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • calumnia noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Latvian

1 entries
  • apmelošana noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • apkalba noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • pljotkai noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • beklaatschen verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • клевета noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • клевети verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Malay

1 entries
  • fitnah noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Moore

2 entries
  • dõde verb (utter a slanderous statement about)
  • rõde verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Māori

4 entries
  • komekome noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • tarawau noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • whakakinokino noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • mure verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • bakvaskelse noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Persian

4 entries
  • اِفتِرا noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • بُهتان noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • تُهمَت noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • سِعایَت noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Lastrunk noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Polish

4 entries
  • oszczerstwo noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • pomówienie noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • zniesławienie noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • szkalować verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • aleive noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • aleivosia noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • calúnia noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • injúria noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Romanian

3 entries
  • calomnie noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • defăimare noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • defăima verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Russian

4 entries
  • злосло́вие noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • клевета́ noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • наве́т noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • нагово́р noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Samogitian

1 entries
  • pljotkā noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • càin verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • klèveta noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • ȍbjeda noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • клѐвета noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • о̏бједа noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Slovak

3 entries
  • hanobenie noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • klebeta noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • ohováranie noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Slovene

1 entries
  • kleveta noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Somali

1 entries
  • xan noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Spanish

3 entries
  • calumniar verb (utter a slanderous statement about)
  • dejar negro verb (utter a slanderous statement about)
  • pelar verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kashfa noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Swedish

3 entries
  • förtal noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • baktala verb (utter a slanderous statement about)
  • förtala verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • paninirang-puri noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Tajik

4 entries
  • буҳтон noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • ифтиро noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • сиоят noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • туҳмат noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కొండెము noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Thai

2 entries
  • นินทา verb (utter a slanderous statement about)
  • ใส่ร้าย verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Turkish

4 entries
  • iftira noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • sözel iftira noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • sözle iftira noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • şifahi iftira noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • лихослі́в'я noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • на́клеп noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • обмо́ва noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • по́клеп noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Urdu

3 entries
  • اِہانَت noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • بُہْتان noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • سِعایَت noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • boʻhton noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • gʻiybat noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • iftiro noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • tuhmat noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Welsh

2 entries
  • athrod noun (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)
  • athrodi verb (utter a slanderous statement about)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

* The basic prohibitions (No slander, libel, etc.) are noted in the "Read me first." Please be sure to read it.

Source: tatoeba (328528)

In some areas of the world, you can still get sued if you slander or libel a deceased person.

Source: tatoeba (595591)

You have the right to free speech, but not the right to slander.

Source: tatoeba (718439)

Everything he's saying is slander.

Source: tatoeba (2258222)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.