query

query

noun

Definition of QUERY

1

a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something <readers will likely have a query or two about some of the more remarkable episodes in the memoir>

Synonyms distrust, distrustfulness, dubiety, dubitation [archaic], incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, mistrustfulness, query, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty

Related Words disbelief, incredulity, unbelief; anxiety, concern, paranoia, wariness; compunction, niggle [chiefly British], qualm, scruple, tremor

Near Antonyms credence, faith

Antonyms assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, sureness, surety, trust

2

an act or instance of asking for information <please respond to my query at your earliest convenience>

Synonyms call, inquiry, query, request

Related Words interrogatory; poll, questionnaire, survey; inquisition, interrogating, interrogation, questioning; examination, exploration, inquest, investigation, probe, probing, research, study

Near Antonyms answer, reply, response