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doubter

  • a word derived from doubt.
    doubt
    verb (used with object)
    to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.

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"You've got to be careful trying to prove every doubter wrong, because it's not possible."

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

But UBS analyst Timothy Arcuri is a doubter.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

He was a longtime doubter of fusion’s commercial viability but was drawn by TAE’s attempt to solve a difficult science problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

I was a doubter, but I just had to plant a dozen perennials and I will never go back to using a shovel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

Now it could be dispatched by mail to silence a doubter.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik