skeptic
Plural: skeptics
Noun
- A person who doubts generally accepted ideas.
- someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
- Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.
- Someone who is skeptical towards religion.
Adj
- Skeptical.
Examples
- As a Scrabble skeptic, he always demanded a dictionary check for obscure words.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sceptique (but with a pronunciation closer to that of the Greek etymon), or possibly directly from Late Latin scepticus (originally attested only in the plural Scepticī (“the sect of Skeptics”)), from Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós, “thoughtful, inquiring”), from σκέπτομαι (sképtomai, “I consider”), compare to σκοπέω (skopéō, “I view, examine”).
Scrabble Score: 15
skeptic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordskeptic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
skeptic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
skeptic: valid Words With Friends Word