as in skeptic
a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something
a hardheaded unbeliever who demanded to see concrete evidence of any alleged UFO activity
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Recent Examples of unbeliever
An idea could be forming despite unbelievers.
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Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Mar. 2026
Furthermore, Christianity was a proselytizing religion, which commanded its followers to bring unbelievers into the fold.
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Literary Hub,
25 Feb. 2026
Peppering dashes of humor into its brew of foreboding, the movie views the rise of an authoritarian movement through its effect on a family of unbelievers, covering a five-year period that begins in celebration and ends somewhere very different.
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Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
No one ever converted an unbeliever with harshness, condemnation, and threats of hell.
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Sophia A. Nelson,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
An app called Krishna, for example, has already advised killing unbelievers and supporting India's ruling party.
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Scott Shapiro,
WIRED,
8 Jan. 2024
To have reservations about something that is treated as sacrosanct is to be an unbeliever, or worse, a heretic, and thus someone to be cast out.
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Ian Buruma,
Harper's Magazine,
2 June 2023
As director of Number 10’s in-house think-tank, the Policy Unit, the unbeliever in question has hitherto been an obscure figure in Boris Johnson’s high command, albeit an important one.
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The Economist,
27 June 2020
For me, this person is always an unbeliever and the strain of making him see is considerable.
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Stephen Mirarchi,
National Review,
28 Dec. 2019
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Mar. 2026
Furthermore, Christianity was a proselytizing religion, which commanded its followers to bring unbelievers into the fold.
—
Literary Hub,
25 Feb. 2026
Peppering dashes of humor into its brew of foreboding, the movie views the rise of an authoritarian movement through its effect on a family of unbelievers, covering a five-year period that begins in celebration and ends somewhere very different.
—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
No one ever converted an unbeliever with harshness, condemnation, and threats of hell.
—
Sophia A. Nelson,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
An app called Krishna, for example, has already advised killing unbelievers and supporting India's ruling party.
—
Scott Shapiro,
WIRED,
8 Jan. 2024
To have reservations about something that is treated as sacrosanct is to be an unbeliever, or worse, a heretic, and thus someone to be cast out.
—
Ian Buruma,
Harper's Magazine,
2 June 2023
As director of Number 10’s in-house think-tank, the Policy Unit, the unbeliever in question has hitherto been an obscure figure in Boris Johnson’s high command, albeit an important one.
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The Economist,
27 June 2020
For me, this person is always an unbeliever and the strain of making him see is considerable.
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Stephen Mirarchi,
National Review,
28 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbeliever
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Among rarer varieties, Tavkveri deserves attention — a pale red from Kartli with spice, blue fruit and low alcohol around 12%, the kind of wine that converts skeptics without announcing itself.
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When the site went live in February 2011, skeptics weren’t hard to find.
Noun
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Mark Hamill, Martha Stewart, Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro were some of the questioners.
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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.
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“Unbeliever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbeliever. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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