Meanings
nounfact checker (plural fact checkers)
plural fact checkers · alternative fact-checker
- One who fact checks.
If the intelligentsia wouldn’t lionize [Naomi] Wolf, then the Bannonite right would: She could enter a world where mistakes don’t matter, no one feels shame, and fact-checkers are derided as finger-wagging elitists.
2023 September 12, Helen Lewis, “From Feminist to Right-Wing Conspiracist”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2023
Origin
From fact check (verb) + -er.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch feitenchecker
- feitencheckerone who fact checks
Finnish faktantarkistaja
- faktantarkistajaone who fact checks
German Faktenprüfer, Faktenprüferin
- Faktenprüferone who fact checks
- Faktenprüferinone who fact checks
- Faktencheckerone who fact checks
- Faktencheckerinone who fact checks
Spanish verificador, verificadora
- verificadorone who fact checks
- verificadoraone who fact checks
Cite this entry
APA
fact checker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fact%20checker
MLA
“fact checker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fact%20checker. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fact checker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fact%20checker.
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