| Main Entry: | doubting Thomas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skeptic |
Synonyms: |
disbeliever, doubter, questioner, unbeliever |
| 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: | 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: | misanthropist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cynic |
Synonyms: |
carper, caviler, detractor, disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas, egoist, egotist, flouter, misanthrope, misogamist, misogynist, mocker, pessimist, questioner, satirist, scoffer, skeptic, sneerer, unbeliever |
| Main Entry: | unbeliever |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skeptic |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, apostate, atheist, cynic, disbeliever, dissenter, doubter, doubting Thomas, freethinker, heathen, heretic, infidel, materialist, misanthrope, misbeliever, nihilist, nonbeliever, pagan, pessimist, profaner, questioner, rationalist, scoffer |