Synonyms of doubter

doubter

noun

as in skeptic

a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something

there will always be some hard-core doubters of the government's denial of the UFO incident

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skeptic
• questioner
• unbeliever
• disbeliever
• doubting Thomas
• cynic
• agnostic
• misanthrope
• pessimist
• scoffer
• ridiculer
• derider

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pigeon
• sucker
• gull
• dupe
• chump

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of doubter

When Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and superstar singer Taylor Swift began dating, the haters/doubters were out in full force. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

These doubters also disparage as unreliable or wishful thinking the oral histories passed down by Hemings’s descendants who have placed Jefferson in their family tree. — Andrew Lawler, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026

In the past three weeks he’s silenced each and every one of his doubters. — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Jackson wants to convince his doubters that the messenger doesn’t matter as much as the message. — Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026

To doubters who said these two wouldn’t last, Wade, 44, and Union, 53, have proven them wrong. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Each built something worth paying attention to, often against long odds and louder doubters. — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Shohei Ohtani kept rolling against the Rockies, launching his third home run in two days with a 448-foot, no-doubter into the Dodgers’ bullpen in the third inning. — Owen Perkins, Oc Register, 19 Aug. 2026

An undefeated season for the Noles and a Heisman Trophy-winning campaign for Winston proved every single one of the doubters wrong, as FSU ran roughshod over the ACC en route to its third national title in program history. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026