QUESTIONER Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

questioner

noun

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as in skeptic

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 questioner Fourteen minutes and just three questioners later, she was done. — 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 What kind of a position is that for the interviewer or the questioner to assume? — Agnes Callard, The New York Review of Books, 18 Aug. 2026 Mueller repeatedly referred questioners back to the text of his report, apparently unwilling—or unable—to add any words of his own. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026 Several questioners pressed Steyer on his positions on Israel’s actions in Palestine and asked him to work to divest state entities from Israeli companies. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026 But what was really baffling was Cronin’s claim that the questioner was raising his voice. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026 The hearing lasted over five hours, with nearly every round of questioning from a Democrat reverting to a monologue from the questioner or a shouting match. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Feb. 2026 While stars and filmmakers this season tried to cope candidly with questioners, their impact was nonetheless inhibited by the rigors of Oscar rules. — Peter Bart, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026

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skeptic

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The company agrees with skeptics like the NFL that justices must eventually opine on whether states and tribes should regulate its sports event contracts as sports bets, a Supreme Court litigator working with Kalshi told Semafor.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
But rather than hail this trend as proof of AI’s skyrocketing potential, many in the field — skeptics and boosters alike — take it as evidence that benchmarking itself has become fatally flawed.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

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