question

The word “question” has 2 syllables: ques-tion.

It's pronounced as /ˈkwɛs.tʃən/.


What is synonym and antonym for question?

In the thesaurus, “question” has 44 synonyms and 21 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for question along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for question

  • argument
  • ask
  • challenge
  • complaint
  • confusion
  • consider
  • contemplate
  • debate
  • difficulty
  • discussion
  • dispute
  • doubt
  • entertain
  • examine
  • exception
  • eye
  • grill
  • inquiry
  • interrogate
  • interrogative
  • interview
  • investigate
  • investigation
  • matter
  • motif
  • mystery
  • objection
  • oppose
  • point
  • ponder
  • problem
  • proposal
  • query
  • questioning
  • quiz
  • request
  • search
  • seek
  • study
  • subject
  • suspect
  • theme
  • topic
  • uncertainty

Antonyms for question

  • accept
  • agreement
  • answer
  • approval
  • aside
  • believe
  • digression
  • disregard
  • excursion
  • ignore
  • overlook
  • parenthesis
  • reply
  • respond
  • response
  • sanction
  • slight
  • solution
  • tangent
  • trust
  • willingness

Meanings of question

  • noun
    1. A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
    2. A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
    3. A doubt or challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter.
    4. A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
    5. (chiefly with definite article) Interrogation by torture.
    6. Talk; conversation; speech.
  • verb
    1. To ask questions about; to interrogate; to enquire for information.
    2. To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
    3. To argue; to converse; to dispute.

Example Sentences

  • Question everything, it's the foundation of critical thinking.
  • She raised her hand to ask a question during the lecture.
  • The detective carefully phrased his question to elicit the truth from the suspect.
  • We must question the validity of the data before drawing any conclusions.
  • His decision to question authority led to groundbreaking discoveries in science.

On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to question, such as: accept, agreement, answer, approval, argument, aside, ask.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

absolute

  • arbitrary
  • authoritarian
  • categorical
  • clear
  • complete
  • conclusive
  • decisive
  • definite
  • definitive
  • determinate
  • determinative
  • dictatorial
  • exact
  • excellent
  • factual
  • flawless
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  • ideal
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  • ultimate
  • unadulterated
  • unconditional
  • undeniable
  • unequivocal
  • unlimited
  • unmitigated
  • unqualified
  • unquestionable
  • utter

absolutely

  • actually
  • categorically
  • certainly
  • completely
  • definitely
  • doubtless
  • downright
  • entirely
  • exactly
  • fully
  • positively
  • precisely
  • quite
  • really
  • surely
  • thoroughly
  • totally
  • truly
  • unconditionally
  • unquestionably
  • utterly
  • wholly

abstruseness

  • complexity
  • complication
  • conundrum
  • difficulty
  • enigma
  • impenetrability
  • obtuseness
  • problem
  • profoundness
  • puzzlement
  • question
  • riddle
  • secrecy
  • subtlety
  • thriller

call

  • abandon
  • abort
  • address
  • announce
  • appeal
  • appoint
  • ask
  • bark
  • calculate
  • calling
  • cancel
  • charge
  • claim
  • conclusion
  • consider
  • contact
  • count
  • cry
  • decision
  • declare
  • demand
  • denominate
  • designate
  • determination
  • dial
  • dub
  • entitle
  • estimate
  • figure
  • guess
  • hail
  • howl
  • inquiry
  • invitation
  • invite
  • label
  • make
  • market
  • message
  • muster
  • name
  • nickname
  • nominate
  • note
  • opinion
  • order
  • phone
  • place
  • play
  • plea
  • predict
  • proposal
  • put
  • query
  • question
  • read
  • reason
  • regard
  • request
  • require
  • revoke
  • right
  • roar
  • scrap
  • see
  • shout
  • signal
  • style
  • summon
  • suppose
  • telephone
  • term
  • title
  • verdict
  • view
  • visit
  • visitation
  • yell

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