Thesaurus
question
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of QUESTION
1
to demand proof of the truth or rightness of <the teenager openly questioned the authority of the town's police force to impose a curfew on residents under the age of 18>
2
to give serious and careful thought to <question your motives before you file the lawsuit: do you really care about the trees, or are you just trying to harass the neighbors?>
Synonyms chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, eye, kick around, meditate, mull (over), perpend, pore (over), question, revolve, ruminate, study, think (about or over), turn, weigh, wrestle (with)
Related Words muse (upon), reflect (on or upon), reminisce; analyze, explore, review; conclude, reason; second-guess, speculate (about); brood (about or over), dwell (on or upon), fixate (on or upon), fret (about or over), obsess (about or over); believe, conceive, opine; absorb, assimilate, digest, drink (in)
3
to have no trust or confidence in <it was apparent that voters were questioning the President's ability to manage the economy>
Antonyms trust
4
to put a question or questions to <the press should be allowed to question public officials about any matter of general interest>
5
to put a series of questions to <the police questioned the suspect before deciding that there was insufficient evidence to hold him>
Related Words debrief; cross-examine, cross-question; annoy, harass, hound, pester; canvass (also canvas), poll
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