sceptic
/ˈskɛp.tɪk/
sceptic is the alternative spelling of skeptic.
Meaning of skeptic
Noun
skeptic (plural skeptics)
- Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc. that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.
- But for the fly he might have made me think He had been at his poetry , comparing Nailhead with fly and fly with huckleberry : How like a fly , how very like a fly . But the real fly he missed would never do ; The missed fly made me dangerously skeptic.[…]1997, Robert Faggen, Robert Frost and the Challenge of Darwin, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 98
- Someone who is skeptical towards religion.
Forms of sceptic
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sceptics |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more sceptic |
| superlative | most sceptic |
Words formed from sceptic
Phrases with sceptic
Words that rhyme with sceptic
Questions about sceptic
- What is sceptic the alternative spelling of?
- Sceptic is the alternative spelling of skeptic.
- How do you pronounce sceptic?
- Sceptic is pronounced /ˈskɛp.tɪk/.
Words near sceptic in the dictionary
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