1. A description of a story, movie, etc, that reveals key elements of the plot and hence may spoil the suspense and enjoyment of someone who does not already know what happens
   "He accidentally read a spoiler for the movie's ending online"
    
2. A candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning
   "The third-party candidate acted as a spoiler, affecting the outcome of the election"
    
3. An airfoil mounted on the rear of a car to reduce lift at high speeds
   "The race car's spoiler improved its stability on the track"
    
4. A hinged airfoil on the upper surface of an aircraft wing that is raised to reduce lift and increase drag
   "The pilot deployed the spoilers to slow the plane during descent"
    
5. Someone who takes spoils or plunder, especially in war
   "The spoilers raided the abandoned village";
   - plunderer, pillager, looter, despoiler, raider, freebooter, ransacker
    
6. Someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
   "The doting grandmother was a notorious spoiler of her grandchildren";
   - pamperer, coddler, mollycoddler

Derived forms: spoilers

Type of: actor, aerofoil [Brit], airfoil [N. Amer], campaigner, candidate, control surface, doer, nominee, stealer, surface, thief, worker

Encyclopedia: Spoiler