skeptic

Other spellings

• (UK) sceptic

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈskɛp.tɪk/

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Noun

Singular skeptic

Plural skeptics

1. (countable) A skeptic is a person who doesn't believe things before seeing very good reasons to believe them.

   I'm a skeptic, so I don't believe things just because they're in the newspaper.

Related words

• skeptical
• skepticism