SKEPTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skeptic mean? 

• SKEPTIC (noun)
  The noun SKEPTIC has 1 sense:

1. someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

  Familiarity information: SKEPTIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKEPTIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

doubter; sceptic; skeptic

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

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

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

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:

skeptical (denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion)

skeptical (marked by or given to doubt)

 Context examples 

But a growing number of skeptics disagree.

(Study Shows Average Consumption of Salt Good for Heart Health, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)