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
But your questioners are also asking about test scores?
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
Bondi arrived armed with personal attacks against individual Democratic senators and lobbed them at her questioners when pressed on a range of topics.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for questioners
skeptics
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Two skeptics of the COVID vaccine, who were appointed to administration roles just last month, authored a brief assessment justifying the overhaul.—
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Most of the skeptics who walked in on Friday walked back out on Sunday soundly convinced.—
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“Questioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/questioners. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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