| Main Entry: | skeptical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disbelieving, leery |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, aporetic, cynical, dissenting, doubtful, doubting, dubious, freethinking, hesitating, incredulous, mistrustful, questioning, quizzical, scoffing, show-me, suspicious, unbelieving, unconvinced |
Antonyms: |
believing, devoted, undoubting |
| Main Entry: | cynical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonbelieving; doubtful |
Synonyms: |
contemptuous, derisive, ironic, misanthropic, misanthropical, mocking, pessimistic, sarcastic, sardonic, scoffing, scornful, skeptical, sneering, suspicious, unbelieving, wry |
Antonyms: |
believing, hopeful, optimistic, trusting, undoubting |
| Main Entry: | dim |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfavorable with regard to opinion |
Synonyms: |
depressing, disapproving, discouraging, gloomy, skeptical, somber, suspicious, unpromising |
Antonyms: |
favorable, good |
| Main Entry: | disbelieving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suspicious, doubting |
Synonyms: |
aporetic, cagey, cynical, incredulous, leery, mistrustful, questioning, quizzical, show-me, skeptical, unbelieving |
Antonyms: |
believing, trusting, unquestioning, unsuspicious |
| Main Entry: | distrustful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disbelieving |
Synonyms: |
been hit before, cagey, cautious, chary, cynical, doubtful, doubting, dubious, fearful, jealous, leery, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, uneasy, uptight, wary |
Antonyms: |
assured, believing, certain, faithful, trustful, trusting, unsuspecting |
| Main Entry: | doubtful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not believing |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, baffled, confused, discomposed, disconcerted, distracted, distrustful, disturbed, doubting, dubious, equivocal, faithless, faltering, flustered, hesitant, hesitating, in a quandary, in clouds, in dilemma, indecisive, irresolute, like doubting Thomas, lost, not following, of two minds, perplexed, puzzled, questioning, skeptical, suspicious, tentative, theoretical, troubled, uncertain, unconvinced, undecided, unresolved, unsettled, unsure, vacillating, wavering, without belief |
| Notes: | a person is capable of doubting, whereas a thing is dubitable; dubious, unlike doubtful, carries the connotation of suspicion |
Antonyms: |
believing, certain, confident, convinced, sure, trusting |
| Main Entry: | dubious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful |
Synonyms: |
arguable, chancy, debatable, diffident, disputable, dubitable, equivocal, far-fetched, fishy, fly-by-night, hesitant, iffy, improbable, indecisive, moot, mootable, open, perplexed, problematic, questionable, reluctant, shady, skeptical, suspect, suspicious, touch and go, trustless, unassured, uncertain, unclear, unconvinced, undecided, undependable, unlikely, unreliable, unsure, untrustworthy, untrusty, wavering |
Antonyms: |
certain, definite, doubtless, positive, reliable, sure, trustworthy, trusty, undoubtful |
| Main Entry: | faithless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disloyal |
Synonyms: |
capricious, changeable, changeful, cheating, deceitful, dishonest, double-crossing, double-dealing, doubting, dubious, false, fickle, fluctuating, inconstant, perfidious, recreant, skeptical, traitorous, treacherous, two-faced, two-timing, unbelieving, unconverted, unfaithful, unloyal, unreliable, unstable, untrue, untrustworthy, untruthful, wavering |
Antonyms: |
believing, constant, faithful, loyal, reliable, true |
| Main Entry: | godless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without a god or divine faith |
Synonyms: |
adiamorphic, agnostic, atheistic, freethinking, iconoclastic, irreligious, nonbelieving, skeptical, undogmatic |
Antonyms: |
godly, religious |
| Main Entry: | heretical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unorthodox |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, apostate, atheistic, differing, disagreeing, dissenting, dissentive, dissident, freethinking, heterodox, iconoclastic, idolatrous, impious, infidel, misbelieving, miscreant, nonconformist, revisionist, schismatic, sectarian, skeptical, unbelieving |
Antonyms: |
orthodox |