| Main Entry: | unbelieving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skeptical |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, cynical, disbelieving, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, freethinking, leery, mistrustful, nonbelieving, not born yesterday, questioning, show-me, suspicious, unconvinced |
| 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: | disbelieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | doubt |
Synonyms: |
discount, discredit, distrust, eschew, give no credence to, mistrust, not accept, not buy, not credit, not swallow, question, reject, repudiate, scoff at, scorn, scout, suspect, unbelieve |
Antonyms: |
believe, trust |
| 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: | 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | irreligious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ungodly |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, atheistic, blasphemous, faithless, free-thinking, godless, heathen, iconoclastic, impious, irreverent, pagan, sacrilegious, sinful, unbelieving, undevout, unholy |
| Main Entry: | not born yesterday |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experienced |
Synonyms: |
battle-scarred, been around, canny, cunning, on the ball, savvy, seasoned, trained, unbelieving, wise, worldly |
| Main Entry: | quizzical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appearing confused or curious |
Synonyms: |
amusing, aporetic, arch, bantering, derisive, disbelieving, eccentric, incredulous, inquiring, inquisitive, mocking, odd, probing, quaint, queer, questioning, sardonic, searching, show-me, skeptical, supercilious, suspicious, teasing, unbelieving, unusual |
Antonyms: |
certain, understanding |
| 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 |