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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
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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 is no middle ground, it's none of the business of a witness to try to dictate try to a congressional committee what our procedures for questioning Jerry Nadler are.
Compared to three to five years ago fund managers in general are much more cognisant of climate change risk, however, it is a journey and there is, in general, further to go. What will make fund managers travel further on that journey is demand and questioning from their clients, the asset owners.
At the very moment that shootings and murders are skyrocketing, Jeffrey Butts have( people) from Philadelphia to Chicago questioning proactive police activity.
Everybody is questioning, and betting that the economy will go badly, but when these actions happen it helps a lot because it demonstrates confidence.
Given just how strong equities have rallied this year, it is not surprising that investors were already questioning how much further they could go.
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