interrogator

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noun

One who interrogates; a person who asks questions, especially one who is adversarial.

Similar
inquisitorinquirerquestioner
Opposite
interrogateequestionee
OriginLatin interrogātor →
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Meanings

nouninterrogator (plural interrogators)

plural interrogators

  1. One who interrogates; a person who asks questions, especially one who is adversarial.

    Synonyms: inquisitor, inquirer, questioner · Antonyms: interrogatee, questionee, questionee

  2. A device that requests data from another device.

    Any RFID interrogator within 30 meters can read an RFID tag in active mode.

    2002, Mark Beaulieu, Wireless Internet applications and architecture, page 126

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who interrogates; a person who asks questions, especially one who is adversarial.

Similar
inquisitorinquirerquestioner
Opposite
interrogateequestioneequestionee

More synonyms by meaning

nouna questioner who is excessively harsh

Similar
inquisitor
Broader
inquirerenquirerquestioner
Also see
inquirerinquisitorqueristqueryistquestioner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latininterrogātor
  2. Englishinterrogator

From Latin interrogātor. By surface analysis, interrogate + -or.

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Translations

Arabic سَائِل, سَائِلَة
  • سَائِل (sāʔil)one who interrogates, a questioner
  • سَائِلَة (sāʔila)one who interrogates, a questioner
Bulgarian разпи́тващ
  • разпи́тващ (razpítvašt)one who interrogates, a questioner
Dutch ondervrager, ondervraagster
  • ondervragerone who interrogates, a questioner
  • ondervraagsterone who interrogates, a questioner
  • verhoorderone who interrogates, a questioner
Finnish kuulustelija
  • kuulustelijaone who interrogates, a questioner
French interrogateur, interrogatrice
  • interrogateurone who interrogates, a questioner
  • interrogatriceone who interrogates, a questioner
German Fragender, Fragende
  • Fragenderone who interrogates, a questioner
  • Fragendeone who interrogates, a questioner
  • Fragestellerone who interrogates, a questioner
  • Fragestellerinone who interrogates, a questioner
  • Fragerone who interrogates, a questioner
Greek ανακριτής
  • ανακριτής (anakritís)one who interrogates, a questioner
Hindi प्रश्नक, परिप्रश्नक
  • प्रश्नक (praśnak)one who interrogates, a questioner
  • परिप्रश्नक (paripraśnak)one who interrogates, a questioner
  • प्रश्नकर्ता (praśnakartā)one who interrogates, a questioner
Latin percontātor
  • percontātorone who interrogates, a questioner
Portuguese interrogador
  • interrogadorone who interrogates, a questioner
Spanish interrogador
  • interrogadorone who interrogates, a questioner

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APA

interrogator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interrogator

MLA

“interrogator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interrogator. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interrogator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interrogator.

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