Meanings
noundoubter (plural doubters)
plural doubters
- One who doubts.
“Then it's true,” he said quietly. “Everything.” “Ay, thou doubter! Ay thou disbelieving dreg!”
1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 1901 more example
I have a great deal of sympathy with scientific doubters, and with those who test psychicism up hill and down dale and are not satisfied.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 275
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
- Proto-Italic*du(i)βwos
- Latin*dubosde
- Latindubō
- Latindubitō
- Old Frenchdoter
- Middle Englishdouten
- Old Frenchdoter
- Old Frenchdoute
- Middle Englishdoute
- Englishdubiousinflu.
- Latindubitōinflu.
- Englishdoubt
- Englishdoubter
Translations
Dutch twijfelaar
- twijfelaarTranslations
French douteur
- douteurTranslations
German Zweifler
- ZweiflerTranslations
Italian dubitatore
- dubitatoreTranslations
Latin dubitātor
- dubitātorTranslations
Swedish tvivlare
- tvivlareTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
doubter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doubter
MLA
“doubter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doubter. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doubter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doubter.
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