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questioning - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | questioning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interrogation |
| Synonyms: | examination, inquest, inquiring, inquisition, catechism |
| Notes: | questionable means open to doubt, disagreement, or challenge - or of dubious morality, honesty, or respectability; questioning (adjective) means showing curiosity or inquiring about - or (noun) an inquiry or interrogation |
| Main Entry: | question |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask for answer |
| Synonyms: | ask about, catechize, challenge, cross-examine, enquire, examine, give the third degree, go over, grill, hit up, hit*, hold out for, inquire, interrogate, interview, investigate, knock*, make inquiry, petition, pick one's brains, probe, pry, pump, put through the wringer, put to the question, query, quest, quiz, raise question, roast*, search, seek, show curiosity, solicit, sound out, sweat it out of, work over |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | question |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | doubt |
| Synonyms: | call into question, challenge, controvert, disbelieve, dispute, distrust, hesitate, impeach, impugn, mistrust, oppose, query, suspect, suspicion, cast doubt upon, puzzle over, wonder about |
| Antonyms: | certainty, surety, doubtlessness, sureness |
| Main Entry: | analytic/analytical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | examining and determining |
| Synonyms: | cogent, conclusive, detailed, diagnostic, discrete, explanatory, expository, inquiring, inquisitive, judicious, logical, organized, penetrating, perceptive, perspicuous, precise, questioning, rational, reasonable, scientific, searching, solid, sound, studious, subtle, systematic, testing, thorough, valid, well-grounded, dissecting, interpretive, investigative, problem-solving, ratiocinative |
| Main Entry: | conversation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dialogue, discourse |
| Synonyms: | chat, colloquy, comment, communication, communion, conference, consultation, converse, debate, discussion, exchange, expression, gab*, gossip, hearing, intercourse, observation, palaver, parley, powwow*, questioning, remark, repartee, speech, talk, ventilation, visit, yak*, confab, confabulation, jive*, pillow talk, talkfest, tète-à -tète |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence, quietude |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disbelieving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suspicious, doubting |
| Synonyms: | cagey, cynical, incredulous, leery, questioning, quizzical, skeptical, unbelieving, aporetic, mistrustful, show-me |
| Antonyms: | believing, trusting, unquestioning, unsuspicious |
| Main Entry: | enquiry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inquest |
| Synonyms: | analysis, examination, exploration, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, probe, query, questioning, research, study |
| Main Entry: | incredulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unbelieving |
| Synonyms: | disbelieving, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, hesitant, questioning, quizzical, skeptical, suspect, suspicious, uncertain, unsatisfied, wary, mistrustful, show-me, unconvinced |
| Antonyms: | believing, convinced, credulous |
| Main Entry: | inquiring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wondering, curious |
| Synonyms: | analytical, doubtful, inquisitive, interested, interrogative, nosy, prying, questioning, quizzical, searching, speculative, studious, Socratic, catechistic, examining, fact-finding, heuristic, investigative, investigatory, outward-looking, probing |
| Antonyms: | disinterested, incurious, unskeptical |
| Main Entry: | inquiry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asking; looking into |
| Synonyms: | analysis, audit, check, disquisition, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, hearing, inquest, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, poll, probe, pursuit, query, quest, question, questioning, request, research, scrutiny, search, study, survey, third degree, trial balloon*, Q and A, catechizing, cross-examination, delving, grilling, interrogatory, legwork, probing, quizzing |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inquisitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | curious |
| Synonyms: | analytical, forward, impertinent, inquiring, interested, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, personal, presumptuous, prying, questioning, searching, speculative, big-eyed, challenging, inquisitorial, investigative, peering, poking, probing, scrutinizing, sifting, snooping |
| Antonyms: | indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested, incurious |
| Main Entry: | jealous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desirous; wary |
| Synonyms: | anxious, apprehensive, attentive, covetous, demanding, doubting, envious, grasping, green-eyed, guarded, intolerant, invidious, jaundiced, possessive, protective, questioning, rival, skeptical, solicitous, suspicious, vigilant, watchful, zealous, begrudging, emulous, envying, grabby, grudging, mistrustful, monopolizing, possessory, resentful |
| Antonyms: | confident, content, satisfied, trusting, unresentful |
| Main Entry: | observant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alert, watchful |
| Synonyms: | advertent, alive, attentive, bright, clear-sighted, comprehending, considering, contemplating, correct, deducing, detecting, discerning, discovering, discriminating, eager, eagle-eyed*, heedful, intelligent, intentive, interested, keen, mindful, not missing a trick, obedient, observative, on one's toes, on the ball*, penetrating, perceptive, questioning, quick, regardful, searching, sensitive, sharp, sharp-eyed, surveying, understanding, vigilant, wide-awake* |
| Antonyms: | careless, inattentive, indifferent, thoughtless, unaware, unmindful, unobservant, unwatchful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | query |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demand for answers |
| Synonyms: | concern, doubt, dubiety, inquiry, interrogation, mistrust, objection, problem, question, questioning, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty, interrogatory |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
| Main Entry: | quizzical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appearing confused or curious |
| Synonyms: | amusing, arch, derisive, disbelieving, eccentric, incredulous, inquiring, inquisitive, mocking, odd, quaint, queer, questioning, sardonic, searching, skeptical, supercilious, suspicious, teasing, unbelieving, unusual, aporetic, bantering, probing, show-me |
| Antonyms: | certain, understanding |
| Main Entry: | skeptical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disbelieving, leery |
| Synonyms: | agnostic, cynical, doubtful, doubting, dubious, hesitating, incredulous, questioning, quizzical, suspicious, unbelieving, aporetic, dissenting, freethinking, mistrustful, scoffing, show-me, unconvinced |
| Antonyms: | believing, devoted, undoubting |
| Main Entry: | skepticism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | doubt |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, disbelief, distrust, dubiety, faithlessness, hesitation, indecision, questioning, reluctance, suspicion, uncertainty, agnosticism, dubiousness, lack of confidence, leeriness |
| Main Entry: | study |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | learning, analysis |
| Synonyms: | abstraction, application, attention, class, cogitation, comparison, concentration, consideration, contemplation, course, debate, deliberation, examination, exercise, inquiry, inspection, investigation, lesson, meditation, muse, musing, questioning, reading, reasoning, reflection, research, reverie, review, scrutiny, subject, survey, thought, trance, weighing, academic work, analyzing, cramming, memorizing, pondering, rumination, schoolwork |
| Main Entry: | unbelieving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skeptical |
| Synonyms: | agnostic, cynical, disbelieving, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, leery, not born yesterday*, questioning, suspicious, freethinking, mistrustful, nonbelieving, show-me, unconvinced |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interrogative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quizzical |
| Synonyms: | curious, inquisitive, questioning |
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