A spoiler can refer to different things depending on the context. Here are the different meanings of the term:

• Media: A spoiler is an element of a disseminated summary or description of any media narrative that reveals significant plot elements, with the implication that the experience of discovering the plot naturally, as the creator intended it, has been exposed. Typically, the details of the conclusion of the plot, including the climax and ending, are especially regarded as spoiler material. Plot twists are also prone to spoilers. More broadly, the term can also be used to refer to any piece of information, regarding any part of a given media, that a potential consumer was not intended to know beforehand).

• Automotive: A spoiler is a long narrow plate along the upper surface of an airplane wing that may be raised for reducing lift and increasing drag. It can also refer to an air deflector on an automobile to reduce the tendency to lift off the road at high speeds.

• General: A spoiler can also refer to a person or thing that spoils something, such as a political candidate who cannot win but who prevents another candidate from winning by taking away votes. It can also refer to a person who robs or ravages; despoiler; plunderer.

In the context of media, a spoiler is a piece of information that reveals significant plot elements, and it is usually something that a potential consumer was not intended to know beforehand.