| Main Entry: | questioner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inquirer |
Synonyms: |
analyst, auditor, checker, examiner, inquisitor, interrogator, investigator, prober, querier, quester, researcher, scrutinizer |
| Main Entry: | analyst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who examines and determines; psychoanalyst |
Synonyms: |
accountant, couch doctor, examiner, guru*, head shrinker, inquisitor, investigator, number cruncher, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, questioner, shrink*, therapist |
| 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: | doubting Thomas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skeptic |
Synonyms: |
disbeliever, doubter, questioner, unbeliever |
| 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: | 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: | examiner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tester |
Synonyms: |
analyst, appraiser, assayer, auditor, checker, inquirer, inquisitor, inspector, interrogator, investigator, prober, proctor, questioner, quizmaster, quizzer, researcher, reviewer, scrutinizer |
| Main Entry: | interlocutor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conversationalist |
Synonyms: |
dialogist, interrogator, interviewer, questioner, speaker, talker |
| Main Entry: | interrogator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inquisitor |
Synonyms: |
asker, investigator, prober, questioner, researcher |