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Synonyms for questioning
ques·tion·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
questioning, inquiringadjective
a request for information
Synonyms:
inquiringAntonyms:
trusting, incurious, unperplexed, trustfulquestioning, quizzicaladjective
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
"he had a quizzical expression"
Synonyms:
speculative, teasing, wondering(a), inquisitive, sceptical, skeptical, quizzical, doubting, mockingAntonyms:
trusting, incurious, unperplexed, trustfuldoubting, questioning, skeptical, scepticaladjective
marked by or given to doubt
"a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener"
Synonyms:
speculative, unbelieving, wondering(a), inquisitive, sceptical, skeptical, quizzical, doubting, disbelievingAntonyms:
trusting, incurious, trustful, unperplexedinquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a)adjective
showing curiosity
"if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"
Antonyms:
trustful, unperplexed, incurious, trusting
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
questioningadjective
Synonyms:
interrogatory, inquisitive, quizzical, inquisitorial, catechistic, curious, heckling
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "questioning":
interrogation, interrogations, interrogating, interviewing, interview, examination, challenging, interrogate, doubting
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2455 | interview | |
#3467 | examination | |
#6722 | challenging | |
#13327 | questioning | |
#15702 | interviewing | |
#18409 | skeptical | |
#20140 | speculative | |
#21074 | teasing | |
#22942 | interrogation | |
#33398 | inquiring | |
#34388 | mocking | |
#42312 | sceptical | |
#45406 | doubting | |
#47076 | inquisitive | |
#56768 | interrogations | |
#59880 | interrogate | |
#77885 | interrogating | |
#91005 | unbelieving | |
#102921 | quizzical | |
#128493 | disbelieving |
How to use questioning in a sentence?
There's no question in my mind that Daniel Lee is guilty. The part that's questioning is that the other man was more guilty and he got life without parole, so why did Daniel Lee get the death penalty ? It didn't make sense.
And we can follow up lines of questioning that would be appropriate under those circumstances.
There’s almost something wrong with her, i think I am questioning her mental capacity.
The 2020 election still has me questioning the integrity and accuracy of our election process.
I was in shock ... I actually was questioning, 'did I really just hear what I think I heard'? I looked over at my cameraman .... and he was just astounded.
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