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monger

16 7.7
A person who spreads or promotes something bad, for example rumors
  • noun
  • /ˈmʌŋɡər/
translation icon : propagador
  • The author has often been criticized as a fear-monger who exaggerates threats to sell more books.
  • hate mongers

I recently been talking about what I call the power mongers, Credo power monger, those that seek power.

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Examples

  • Diaz is a psycho war-monger.

  • McCain is going to go down in history as the biggest liar, hate monger, and warmonger in the Senate.

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  • Friends, let me tell you about another group of hate-mongers that were just following orders.

  • Say to the war mongers, you plan to kill more innocent people in order to achieve some goal.

  • You are right, this professor is a confused power monger who has personal issues with Meles.

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  • And I too do a podcast called The Scandal Mongers, which again, if you just Google will will come up.

  • I recently been talking about what I call the power mongers, Credo power monger, those that seek power.

  • And the chief fear mongers against socialized medicine have always been the good doctors of the American Medical Association.

  • A world ravaged by war and poverty led by feckless fear mongers.

  • Right-wingers are just greedy power-mongers who talk with proverbial forked tongues.

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Synonyms

seller
vsmonger
257 1.0

A person or company that offers goods for money

is more specific to the compound pattern of promoting or dealing
advertiser
vsmonger
119 2.5

A person or company that pays to put ads to sell goods

is the older compound pattern meaning a promoter or dealer rather than advertising
marketer
vsmonger
92 3.5

A person who helps companies sell products or services

is broader, linking promotion or dealing in many compound uses
trafficker
vsmonger
  • NSFW
62 8.0

A person who illegally buys and sells goods or people

is the neutral pattern indicating someone who deals in or spreads things
promoter
vsmonger
31 4.2

A person who supports and encourages a cause or idea

focuses more on the act of dealing or promoting something specific
pusher
vsmonger
  • NSFW
21 8.4

A person who sells illegal drugs to other people

is the general compound pattern for someone who deals in a product
evangelist
vsmonger
  • Jargon
9 5.7

A person who strongly promotes a product or idea so other people will accept it

is the neutral compound pattern for someone who spreads or deals in things
fishmonger
vsmonger
8 4.4

A person who sells fish in a shop or market

is a general term for someone who deals in various things
pitchman
vsmonger
  • US
5 6.8

A man who sells products by talking and showing them to people, often at fairs or on TV

is more general, naming someone who promotes or deals in anything
peddler
vsmonger
  • NSFW
4 8.1

A person who secretly sells illegal drugs

is the neutral compound term used to indicate what is being sold
marketeer
vsmonger
  • UK
3 4.6

A person who promotes and sells products or services for companies

is a general label often used in compound forms to name dealers
scaremonger
vsmonger
1 8.7

A person who spreads scary stories to make people worried

is the general compound sense for someone who spreads or promotes things
cheesemonger
vsmonger
1 7.4

A person or shop that sells cheese

is the broader label for anyone dealing in a specific item
costermonger
vsmonger
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A person who sells fruit and vegetables from a cart in the street

is the general idea of dealing in goods rather than that local trade
evangelizer
vsmonger
1 7.1

A person who strongly promotes a product, idea, or cause

is the general term used in compounds to show what is promoted
plugger
vsmonger
1 7.8

A person who actively promotes a cause or idea

is the broader compound pattern indicating what someone promotes or sells
whoremonger
vsmonger
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A man who finds customers for prostitutes and keeps their money

is a general compound pattern meaning someone who deals in a specific trade
panderer
vsmonger
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A person who finds clients for people who sell sex

is the wider compound form that names people who deal in particular services
1 8.8

A person who uses their contacts to get money or favors for others, often in dishonest ways

is different because it sells influence rather than ordinary goods or ideas
higgler
vsmonger
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who sells small items in markets, often moving from place to place and bargaining

covers selling in general rather than this roaming market style
woo-monger
vsmonger
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who gives false love advice to lonely people

is the neutral compound label showing what a person promotes or deals in
supersalesman
vsmonger
6.3

A person who convinces people to buy or support things

is the simple compound pattern describing what is promoted or sold
spruik
vsmonger
  • Australian
9.9

A person who loudly promotes goods or events to attract people

is the broad label indicating the type of thing someone spreads or sells
pill pusher
vsmonger
  • Offensive
9.7

A person who illegally sells drugs to others

is the broader compound label for someone who deals in a specific item
news monger
vsmonger
7.7

A person who often tells news or rumors to many people

is the broader compound pattern naming what a person spreads or sells
porn merchant
vsmonger
  • Offensive
8.9

A person who sells adult pictures or films, sometimes illegally, for example to minors

is the compound form indicating the subject matter someone deals in
symbol pusher
vsmonger
8.7

A person who makes images like logos for companies or brands

is the broader compound idea of dealing in a specific creative product

Compounds

dictionary-monger
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who often corrects how others use words and their meanings

drama monger
  • Offensive
8.9

A person who makes small problems into big arguments

A person who often tells news or rumors to many people

woo-monger
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who gives false love advice to lonely people

How Promotional

propagandist
  • Literature
15 7.8
agitator
16 6.5
monger
16 7.7
promoter
31 4.2
commentator
  • Literature
217 3.5

Surface Forms

monger singular
mongers plural

Etymology

Monger as a noun also appears as -monger in compound words to mean someone who spreads or promotes something, often in a bad way. Think of rumor-monger or warmonger — it is like 'selling' an idea or attitude rather than a product.