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caviler
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caviler
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critic |
| Synonyms: | carper, caviller, complainer, criticizer, faultfinder, niggler, nitpicker, pettifogger, quibbler, whiner |
| Main Entry: | cynic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonbeliever |
| Synonyms: | carper, caviler, detractor, disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas, egoist, egotist, flouter, misanthrope, misanthropist, misogamist, misogynist, mocker, pessimist, questioner, satirist, scoffer, skeptic, sneerer, unbeliever |
| Notes: | cynics doubt because they question motives (Cynic was first a school of philosophy expressing contempt for wealth and pleasure; the word cynic comes from Greek cyniko 'doglike'); skeptics doubt reports of what they hear or read |
| Antonyms: | believer, optimist |
| Main Entry: | carper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critic |
| Synonyms: | castigator, caviler, caviller, criticizer, faultfinder, nag, nagger, niggler, nitpicker, quibbler, scold |
| Main Entry: | criticizer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critic |
| Synonyms: | carper, caviler, censor, faultfinder, hypercritic, knocker, nitpicker, quibbler |
| Main Entry: | misanthropist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cynic |
| Synonyms: | carper, caviler, detractor, disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas, egoist, egotist, flouter, misanthrope, misogamist, misogynist, mocker, pessimist, questioner, satirist, scoffer, skeptic, sneerer, unbeliever |
| Main Entry: | niggler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critic |
| Synonyms: | aristarch, attacker, backseat driver, belittler, blamer, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, complainant, complainer, criticizer, defamer, disapprover, disparager, disputer, doubter, faultfinder, fretter, hypercritic, maligner, muckraker, mud-slinger, nagger, nit-picker, nitpicker, panner, quibbler, reviler, scolder, sidewalk superintendent, slanderer, vilifier, worrier, zapper |
| Main Entry: | nitpicker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critic |
| Synonyms: | aristarch, attacker, backseat driver, belittler, blamer, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, complainant, complainer, criticizer, defamer, disapprover, disparager, disputer, doubter, faultfinder, fretter, hypercritic, maligner, muckraker, mud-slinger, nagger, niggler, nit-picker, panner, quibbler, reviler, scolder, sidewalk superintendent, slanderer, vilifier, worrier, zapper |
| Main Entry: | quibbler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critic |
| Synonyms: | aristarch, attacker, backseat driver, belittler, blamer, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, complainant, complainer, criticizer, defamer, disapprover, disparager, disputer, doubter, faultfinder, fretter, hypercritic, maligner, muckraker, mud-slinger, nagger, niggler, nit-picker, nitpicker, panner, reviler, scolder, sidewalk superintendent, slanderer, vilifier, worrier, zapper |
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