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Doubter

One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Intellect 76% connected

The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher form…

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Intellectual 76% connected

Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Pessimist 76% connected

One who advocates the doctrine of pessimism; -- opposed to optimist.

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Doubt 74% connected

To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Doubt 74% connected

To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sceptical 74% connected

Alt. of Scepticism

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Sceptical 74% connected

Alt. of Scepticism

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Synonym 3

Agnostic 92% connected

Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or involving agnosticism.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sceptic 92% connected

Alt. of Scepticism

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Skeptic 92% connected

One who is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or reasons.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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