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questioning

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of questioning

inclined to doubt or question claims

a naturally questioning person, she demands rock-solid proof before she believes anything

Synonyms of questioning

disbelieving, distrustful, doubting, incredulous, mistrustful, negativistic, show-me, skeptical, suspecting, suspicious, unbelieving

Words Related to questioning

paranoid (also paranoidal)

critical, puzzled, quizzical

careful, cautious, guarded, gun-shy, leery (also leary), wary, watchful

cynical, experienced, knowing, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise

curious, inquiring, inquisitive, nosy (or nosey), snoopy

uncertain, unconvinced, undecided, undetermined, unsettled, unsure

Near Antonyms of questioning

green, ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), simple, simpleminded, unknowing, unsophisticated, unworldly, wide-eyed

certain, confident, positive, sure

callow, inexperienced, raw

childlike, idealistic, impractical

beguiled, deceived, duped, gulled, tricked

careless, heedless, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary

Antonyms of questioning

credulous, gullible (also gullable), trustful, trusting, uncritical, unquestioning

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