CYNIC Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word cynic. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for CYNIC
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faultfinder | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who is critical of the motives of others | ||||||||
critic | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art • anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something • someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments | ||||||||
curmudgeon | nounn | |||||||
noun • a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas | ||||||||
detractor | nounn | |||||||
noun • one who disparages or belittles the worth of something | ||||||||
doubter | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs • someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something | ||||||||
misanthrope | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who dislikes people in general | ||||||||
mocker | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision • long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds | ||||||||
pessimist | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who expects the worst | ||||||||
satirist | nounn | |||||||
noun • a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm | ||||||||
scoffer | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who eats food rapidly and greedily • someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision | ||||||||
skeptic | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs | ||||||||
sneerer | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression | ||||||||
disbeliever | nounn | |||||||
noun • One who disbelieves; one who does not believe. | ||||||||
unbeliever | nounn | |||||||
noun • One who does not believe, particularly in a deity (used by believers to describe other people) |