as in skeptics
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
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Recent Examples of doubters
McDonald and Tavares acknowledged that their effort has its doubters.
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Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
Authorities say all’s good, but there are doubters.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
But Pochettino went on, and made a statement that might have caught some doubters off guard.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Game 3 looms as a must-win for the Cavs to prove any doubters wrong.
—David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
Still, one of the carriers thought to fill Spirit’s void has some doubters.
—Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
And her opportunity in New York isn’t for proving doubters wrong.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
At 41 years old, Vonn's return to the World Cup leaderboard after years of retirement had defied her doubters and turned the world's heads.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 6 May 2026
The idea of intersectionality is deceptively and seductively simple—too simple, doubters sometimes think, to require an academic theory.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
Authorities say all’s good, but there are doubters.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
But Pochettino went on, and made a statement that might have caught some doubters off guard.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Game 3 looms as a must-win for the Cavs to prove any doubters wrong.
—David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
Still, one of the carriers thought to fill Spirit’s void has some doubters.
—Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
And her opportunity in New York isn’t for proving doubters wrong.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
At 41 years old, Vonn's return to the World Cup leaderboard after years of retirement had defied her doubters and turned the world's heads.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 6 May 2026
The idea of intersectionality is deceptively and seductively simple—too simple, doubters sometimes think, to require an academic theory.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubters
Noun
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But skeptics have long argued that such funding, which has increased eightfold under Infantino, is really just a mechanism for patronage and control.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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The skeptics make a reasonable case.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Mark Hamill, Martha Stewart, Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro were some of the questioners.—
Mark Kennedy,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
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Mueller repeatedly referred questioners back to the text of his report, apparently unwilling—or unable—to add any words of his own.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Doubters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubters. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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