skeptic

Meaning

Noun

1. (US) Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.
2. (US) Someone who is skeptical towards religion.

Adj

Skeptical.

Synonyms

sceptic

doubter

unbeliever

skeptical

sceptic

questioner

sceptical

zetetic

freething

disbeliever

atheistic

agnostic

questioning

incredulous

Translations

sceptique

scettico

escéptico

scepticus

skeptisch

sceptisch

şüpheci

cético

Skeptiker

escèptic

σκεπτικιστής

zététique

kuşkucu

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskɛp.tɪk/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sceptique (but with a pronunciation closer to that of the Greek etymon), or possibly directly from Late Latin scepticus (originally attested only in the plural Scepticī (“the sect of Skeptics”)), from Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós, “thoughtful, inquiring”), from σκέπτομαι (sképtomai, “I consider”), compare to σκοπέω (skopéō, “I view, examine”).