doubter
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈdaʊtər/
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escéptico
- Many doubters questioned her ability to finish the marathon, but she proved them wrong with her determination.
- doubters and skeptics
- self-doubter
Just, you know, I think don't let because I I had a lot of doubters.
- Just, you know, I think don't let because I I had a lot of doubters.
- Although what's cool is that for the doubters out there who thought that the airflow scheme for this thing wasn't going to work, yeah, you're wrong.
- I mean, it's fuel, you know, you have to prove people wrong, you know, doubters, haters and especially managers.
- As a matter of fact, you can you can read in French literature some of these these previous doubters, right?
- And it was quite sad because all the doubters again, they came out told you MMA fighter versus that should never have happened, blah, blah, blah, right?
Examples
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I do indeed hope Brook Lopez proves me and many doubters wrong this year, or he takes the cake.
Blog text (27) -
As a lifelong doubter of conspiracy theories, she researched the claims thoroughly before forming an opinion.
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My mother, a doubter concerning my father, advised him daily to go out and find a regular job.
Fiction book (1991) -
There was no bigger doubter of Big Business, Republicans, and the Right Wing War Machine.
Blog text (1) -
For most, Thomas is the doubter par excellence.
Academic text (2008) -
I was a skeptical and and a doubter of what was being told as the the normal story.
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At that time, the number of doubters had increased, however, to 25 percent of all respondents.
Academic text (2000) -
Another doubter turned convert is Kate Clark, the principal at Ocoee Middle School in Florida.
Academic text (2007) -
Excellence is the most powerful answer you can give to the doubters and the haters.
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Doubters point out that the United States might not know the location of Iran's key facilities.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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4.1
A person who often doubts accepted ideas and asks for proof
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7.2
A person who is not sure whether God exists or a claim is true
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7.5
A person who does not believe something without clear proof
A person who doubts that we can know anything for certain
Antonyms
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3.2
A person who accepts something as true and often supports it, for example a religion or idea
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Etymology
The word doubter comes from the word doubt, which goes back to the Latin dubitare, based on duo meaning 'two'. Think of it as having 'two minds' about something, so a doubter is someone who is not sure or who questions an idea.