NOUN | person | skeptic, sceptic, doubter | someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs |
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Sounds | skeh'ptihk | |
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Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... |
Meaning | someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs. | |
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Synonyms | sceptic, doubter | |
Narrower | doubting Thomas | someone who demands physical evidence in order to be convinced (especially when this demand is out of place) |
pessimist | A person who expects the worst | |
Broader | intellectual, intellect | A person who uses the mind creatively |
Spanish | escéptico, incrédulo | |
Catalan | escèptic, incrèdul | |
Adjectives | skeptical | marked by or given to doubt |
skeptical | denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion |
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