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DOUBTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does doubter mean? 

DOUBTER (noun)
  The noun DOUBTER has 2 senses:

1. someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefsplay

2. someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about somethingplay

  Familiarity information: DOUBTER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOUBTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

doubter; sceptic; skeptic

Hypernyms ("doubter" is a kind of...):

intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "doubter"):

doubting Thomas (someone who demands physical evidence in order to be convinced (especially when this demand is out of place))

pessimist (a person who expects the worst)

Derivation:

doubt (consider unlikely or have doubts about)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

agnostic; doubter

Hypernyms ("doubter" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

doubt (consider unlikely or have doubts about)


 Context examples 


I would suggest to such doubters certain obvious distinctions; I would remind them of certain simple truths.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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