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skeptic

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of skeptic

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

  • the demand by skeptics that believers in Bigfoot produce some hard evidence of that hairy humanoid
Synonyms of skeptic

disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas, questioner, unbeliever
Words Related to skeptic

agnostic

cynic, misanthrope, pessimist

derider, ridiculer, scoffer
Near Antonyms of skeptic

chump, dupe, gull, pigeon, sucker

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