| Main Entry: | cynic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonbeliever |
Synonyms: |
carper, caviler, detractor, disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas, egoist, egotist, flouter, misanthrope, misanthropist, misogamist, misogynist, mocker, pessimist, questioner, satirist, scoffer, skeptic, sneerer, unbeliever |
| Notes: | cynics doubt because they question motives (Cynic was first a school of philosophy expressing contempt for wealth and pleasure; the word cynic comes from Greek cyniko 'doglike'); skeptics doubt reports of what they hear or read |
Antonyms: |
believer, optimist |
| Main Entry: | doubter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does not believe |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, cynic, disbeliever, headshaker, questioner, skeptic, unbeliever, zetetic |
Antonyms: |
believer, truster |
| Main Entry: | iconoclast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detractor |
Synonyms: |
critic, cynic, denouncer, dissenter, dissident, heretic, image-breaker, non-conformist, nonbeliever, questioner, radical, rebel, revolutionist, ruiner, sceptic, unbeliever |
| Main Entry: | misanthrope |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who hates others |
Synonyms: |
cynic, doubter, egoist, egotist, hater, isolate, loner, misanthropist, recluse, skeptic |
| Notes: | a misandrist hates persons of the male sex, a misogynist hates persons of the female sex, and a misanthrope is a hater of mankind |
Antonyms: |
humanitarian, philanthropist |
| Main Entry: | naysayer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pessimist |
Synonyms: |
complainer, cynic, defeatist, downer, gloomy, killjoy, misanthrope, party pooper, prophet of doom, sourpuss, wet blanket |
| Main Entry: | pessimist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who expects bad outcome |
Synonyms: |
complainer, crepehanger, cynic, defeatist, depreciator, downer, gloomy, killjoy, misanthrope, party pooper, prophet of doom, sourpuss, wet blanket, worrier, worrywart |
Antonyms: |
optimist |
| Main Entry: | skeptic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is leery, unbelieving |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, apostate, atheist, cynic, disbeliever, dissenter, doubter, doubting Thomas, freethinker, heathen, heretic, infidel, materialist, misanthrope, misbeliever, nihilist, pagan, pessimist, profaner, questioner, rationalist, scoffer, unbeliever |
Antonyms: |
believer, devotee, disciple |
| Main Entry: | heretic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | schismatic |
Synonyms: |
apostate, cynic, pagan, sectarian, skeptic |
| Main Entry: | nihilist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skeptic |
Synonyms: |
anarchist, cynic, insurgent, radical, rebel, revolutionary |
| Main Entry: | ironical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cynical |
Synonyms: |
contemptuous, cynic, derisive, ironic, misanthropic, misanthropical, mocking, pessimistic, sarcastic, sardonic, scoffing, scornful, skeptical, sneering, suspicious, unbelieving, wry |