inquirer

American  

[in-kwahyuhr-er] / ɪnˈkwaɪər ər /

noun

• inquirers
  plural

1. a person who asks a question or seeks to learn about something, often someone whose character it is to do so.

   The answer to any question is available within a second or two on the Internet, but it's up to the inquirer to evaluate the validity of the answer.

   Any inquirer into scientific truth must be absolutely confident that the whole world makes a certain kind of sense.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• inquirers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of inquirer

inquire ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

inquirer inquirers

She takes the pen from his hand and throws it in the direction of the inquirer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025

“In the vast majority of cases, they do not result in partnership. Typically, as with Brave Books, we suggest that the inquirer considers holding their own event in a bookable meeting room space.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

"Any prior communication by Cassie that does not reflect these dates is simply a difference of relating an answer to a question misinterpreted by Cassie or poorly posed by the inquirer."

From Fox News ● Oct. 1, 2021

I'm sorry no one explained that to the inquirer when she gave up her child.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2018

I think I must have misheard, but a few minutes later I hear her say the same thing to another inquirer.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

Since then, there has been constant flow of new inquirers and people preparing to be baptised, known as catechumens.

From BBC ● May 24, 2025

He sent inquirers to his Instagram page, where he posted videos of his shirtless workouts, or to his Snapchat, where he documented every meal.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2022

The difference is that these other inquirers confine themselves to a specific field of study or a particular subject matter, while philosophers want to understand the whole.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

It was a work, Thucydides declared, that he wrote for “those inquirers who desire an exact knowledge of the past as an aid to the understanding of the future.”

From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2020

But to me, as to other inquirers, these things are simply what they appear to be when they are seen in common life.

From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Thomas Inman