INQUIRER Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

inquirer

noun

Definition of inquirer

as in questioner

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Recent Examples of inquirer In the performance & results phase, your role is that of an inquirer. — Rodney C. Adkins, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026 Since Cohn had signed the letter asking for retraction, the lead inquirer did not report to him. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026

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questioner

Noun

Fourteen minutes and just three questioners later, she was done.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Notably, the questioner asked about increasing nuclear or gas generation, not clean energy, to deal with cost.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

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