Thesaurus:spoilsport

Thesaurus

spoilsport

English

Noun

Sense: one who prevents others from having fun

Synonyms

• bad orb
• buzzkill
• cold fish
• dampener
• downer
• fun sponge
• grinch
• joy killer
• killjoy
• miserabilist
• party pooper
• spoilsport
• stick in the mud
• wet blanket
• wet rag

Archetypes

• Buzz Killington (humorous)
• Debbie Downer

Antonyms

• life and soul of the party (idiomatic)
• life of the party (idiomatic)
• live wire (idiomatic)
• party animal (idiomatic)

Hypernyms

• bore    [⇒ thesaurus]
• complainer    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• busybody
• dampener (figuratively)
• damper (figuratively)
• passion killer (British)
• pedant    [⇒ thesaurus]
• prude    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rain on one's parade
• fly in the ointment (idiomatic)
• turd in the punchbowl (vulgar, idiomatic)

See also

• Thesaurus:put a damper on
• Thesaurus:nonconform
• Thesaurus:spoil

Further reading

• “706. hindrance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “spoilsport” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.