Synonyms for questioning
ques·tion·ing

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1. questioning, inquiringadjective

   a request for information

   Synonyms:
   inquiring

   Antonyms:
   trusting, incurious, unperplexed, trustful

2. questioning, 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, mocking

   Antonyms:
   trusting, incurious, unperplexed, trustful

3. doubting, 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, disbelieving

   Antonyms:
   trusting, incurious, trustful, unperplexed

4. inquisitive, 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

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1. questioningadjective

   Synonyms:
   interrogatory, inquisitive, quizzical, inquisitorial, catechistic, curious, heckling

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1. List of paraphrases for "questioning":

   interrogation, interrogations, interrogating, interviewing, interview, examination, challenging, interrogate, doubting

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1. Gore Vidal:

   The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.

2. Tyler Jacob:

   I realized that once they started questioning me that they… couldn't find anything against me because… I'm just an American teacher who chased after his wife in a foreign country, i was okay after the third day of them questioning me because I knew nothing was going to happen, but it was… a scary time to be stuck in a place like Russian prison.

3. Texas State University:

   The Texas State University Police are questioning two individuals following an evacuation of the Undergraduate Admissions Center on campus.

4. Zokir Aliyev:

   I was told that... questioning will continue, but I can stay at home and visit a police station for questioning.

5. Fiona Hill:

   I did not feel Alexander Vindman had the political antenna to deal with something that is straying into domestic politics. Not everyone is suited for that, that does not mean in any way that I was questioning Alexander Vindman overall judgment, nor I was questioning in any way Alexander Vindman substantive expertise. Alexander Vindman is excellent on issues related to Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova, on Russian defense issues.