spoiler

Meaning

Noun

1. One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
2. One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.
3. A document, review or comment that discloses the ending or some key surprise or twist in a story, or the internal rules controlling the behaviour of a video game, etc.
4. A device to reduce lift and increase drag.
5. A device to reduce lift and increase downforce.
6. (US) A competitor, unable to win themselves, who spoils the chances of another’s victory.

Verb

1. (slang, transitive) To mark (a document or message) with a spoiler warning, to prevent readers from accidentally learning details they would prefer not to know.
2. (slang, transitive) To tell (a person) details of how a story ends etc.

Synonyms

destroyer

raider

plunderer

pamperer

pillager

wicked person

robber

freebooter

looter

coddler

mollycoddler

despoiler

wrecker

stalking horse

vitiator

spoliator

aileron

booter

killer

mugger

ravager

snatcher

spoilers

spoiling

spoilsport

stabilizer

vortex generator

wasting

wearer

Translations

spoiler

spoiler

Spoiler

deflettore

déflecteur

réducteur de portance

spoiler

Verderber

alettone

saquejador

χαλών

αεροτομή

aileron

φθείρων

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈspɔɪ.lə/

Etymology

From spoil + -er.