" libelists "

1: as in defamers, libelers;

•  Synonyms : 

•  calumniators,

•  defamers,

•  libelers,

•  slanderers,

•  exaggerators,

•  mythomaniacs,

•  perjurers,

•  fabricators,

•  fabulists,

•  fibbers,

•  liars,

•  prevaricators,

•  storytellers,

•  distorters,

•  falsifiers,

•  equivocators,

•  palterers,

•  gossipers,

•  gossips,

•  talebearers,

•  charlatans,

•  cheaters,

•  cheats,

•  counterfeiters,

•  cozeners,

•  deceivers,

•  defrauders,

•  dissemblers,

•  dissimulators,

•  double-dealers,

•  frauds,

•  hustlers,

•  knaves,

•  mountebanks,

•  operators,

•  pretenders

•  Antonyms : 

•  square shooters

1: to make untrue and harmful statements about;

  * e.g., " ... the court decided that the newspaper's reportage of the former mayor, while irresponsible, did not constitute an effort to libel him "

•  Synonyms : 

•  asperse,

•  blacken,

•  calumniate,

•  defame,

•  malign,

•  slander,

•  smear,

•  traduce,

•  vilify

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)