as in skeptics
a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something
Father Henry is always happy to debate any questioner of the faith
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Recent Examples of questioners
Bondi arrived armed with personal attacks against individual Democratic senators and lobbed them at her questioners when pressed on a range of topics.
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Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for questioners
skeptics
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Mamdani must now navigate the unending demands of America’s biggest city and deliver on ambitious — skeptics say unrealistic — campaign promises.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Clinical trials showed that ivermectin didn’t work, but COVID skeptics viewed medicine’s rejection of it as part of a conspiracy by Big Pharma against a cheap, off-patent drug.—
Arthur Allen,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Questioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/questioners. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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