SPOILER
Dictionary entry overview: What does spoiler mean?
• SPOILER (noun)
The noun SPOILER has 5 senses:
1. a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning
2. someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
3. someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
4. an airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds
5. a hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag
Familiarity information: SPOILER used as a noun is common.
Dictionary entry details
• SPOILER (noun)
Meaning:
A candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("spoiler" is a kind of...):
campaigner; candidate; nominee (a politician who is running for public office)
Meaning:
Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
raider; plunderer; pillager; looter; freebooter; despoiler; spoiler
Hypernyms ("spoiler" is a kind of...):
stealer; thief (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it)
Domain category:
war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spoiler"):
buccaneer; pirate; sea robber; sea rover (someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation)
Meaning:
Someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
coddler; mollycoddler; pamperer; spoiler
Hypernyms ("spoiler" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Meaning:
An airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("spoiler" is a kind of...):
aerofoil; airfoil; control surface; surface (a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight)
Meaning:
A hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("spoiler" is a kind of...):
aerofoil; airfoil; control surface; surface (a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight)
