as in skeptic
a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something
there will always be some hard-core doubters of the government's denial of the UFO incident
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Recent Examples of doubter
That’s exactly what happened when Marsh blasted the longest homer of his career, a 454-foot no-doubter to right-center.
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
But the only way to shut up his doubters is to win.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
The New Jersey native is relishing the opportunity to be the NXT women’s champion and proving the doubters wrong.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
There’s no unlikable program in the bunch, and the four coaches — UConn’s Danny Hurley, Illinois’ Brad Underwood, Arizona’s Tommy Lloyd and Michigan’s Dusty May — have all overcome obstacles and doubters to get to this point.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
The rest of you doubters should give Metro another try.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Buckley, meanwhile, was a no-doubter from the moment her film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
Still, Goddard’s vehicle was small, flew for only 42 seconds, reached a height of a mere 184 feet and sustained damage that created more doubters than believers in the prospects for human space flight.
—Michael Carrafiello, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
The Bruins’ men seemed to have hit their stride late in the season, but will go into their first-round matchup Friday in Philadelphia against Central Florida with some doubters in any respect, especially until Tyler Bilodeau and Donovan Dent show up in uniform and ready to roll.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 16 Mar. 2026
Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
But the only way to shut up his doubters is to win.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
The New Jersey native is relishing the opportunity to be the NXT women’s champion and proving the doubters wrong.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
There’s no unlikable program in the bunch, and the four coaches — UConn’s Danny Hurley, Illinois’ Brad Underwood, Arizona’s Tommy Lloyd and Michigan’s Dusty May — have all overcome obstacles and doubters to get to this point.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
The rest of you doubters should give Metro another try.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Buckley, meanwhile, was a no-doubter from the moment her film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
Still, Goddard’s vehicle was small, flew for only 42 seconds, reached a height of a mere 184 feet and sustained damage that created more doubters than believers in the prospects for human space flight.
—Michael Carrafiello, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
The Bruins’ men seemed to have hit their stride late in the season, but will go into their first-round matchup Friday in Philadelphia against Central Florida with some doubters in any respect, especially until Tyler Bilodeau and Donovan Dent show up in uniform and ready to roll.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubter
Noun
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Companies like Runway see themselves as a bridge between the Silicon Valley hypesters and Hollywood skeptics, catering to filmmakers with tools and eschewing social applications like ByteDance’s Seesaw (The Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise fight people).—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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This has thrilled skeptics of post-Biden Democrats, who wonder why no other potential candidate will say, as Emanuel did to Megyn Kelly, that a man cannot become a woman — and then defend that opinion to NPR.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Cite this Entry
“Doubter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubter. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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