questioning

The word “questioning” has 3 syllables: ques-tion-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈkwɛs.tʃə.nɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for questioning?

In the thesaurus, “questioning” has 142 synonyms and 76 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for questioning

absorbing
analyzing
annoying
asking
assimilating
attentiveness
believing
besieging
bombarding
calling in question
calling into question
canvasing
canvassing
careful
catechism
catechizing
cautious
challenging
chewing on
chewing over
cogitating
combating
combatting
conceiving
concern
concluding
considering
contemplating
contesting
critical
cross-examining
cross-questioning
curiosity
curious
curiousness
cynical
debating
debriefing
deliberating
digesting
disbelieving
discounting
discrediting
disputing
distrustful
distrusting
doubting
eavesdropping
entertaining
examination
examining
experienced
exploring
eyeing
eying
fighting
giving the third degree to
grilling
guarded
gun-shy
harassing
hesitant
hounding
impeaching
incredulous
inquest
inquiring
inquiry
inquisition
inquisitive
inquisitiveness
interest
interference
interrogating
interrogation
intrusiveness
kicking around
knowing
leary
leery
looking at
meddlesomeness
meditating
misdoubting
mistrustful
mistrusting
negating
negativistic
nosey
nosiness
nosy
obtrusiveness
officiousness
opining
opposing
oppugning
paranoid
paranoidal
perpending
pestering
picking the brains of
polling
pondering
protesting
prying
pumping
puzzled
querying
quizzical
quizzing
reasoning
regard
reminiscing
resisting
reviewing
revolving
rubbernecking
ruminating
second-guessing
show-me
skeptical
snoopy
sophisticated
studying
surveying
suspecting
suspicious
sweating
turning
unbelieving
uncertain
unconvinced
undecided
undetermined
unsettled
unsure
wary
watchful
weighing
wonderment
worldly
worldly-wise

Antonyms for questioning

abiding
accepting
advocating
answering
apathy
avoiding
backing
beguiled
believing
callow
careless
certain
championing
childlike
commenting
confident
credulous
deceived
defending
disinterestedness
dismissing
disregard
disregarding
ducking
duped
embracing
enduring
green
gullable
gulled
gullible
heedless
idealistic
ignoring
impractical
incuriosity
incuriousness
indifference
inexperienced
ingenuous
innocent
naive
observing
overlooking
pooh-poohing
poohing
positive
promoting
raw
rejecting
rejoining
remarking
replying
responding
retorting
simple
simpleminded
slighting
stomaching
supporting
sure
swallowing
tolerating
tricked
trustful
trusting
unconcern
uncritical
unknowing
unquestioning
unsophisticated
unsuspecting
unsuspicious
unwary
unworldly
wide-eyed

Meanings of questioning

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.
noun
1. The action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry.
2. The act of challenging, wondering and doubting.
3. Interrogation.
adjective
1. Characterized by questions, inquisitiveness, doubt or wonder.

Example Sentences

The detective's questioning of the witness revealed crucial information about the crime.
During the job interview, the interviewer's questioning focused on the candidate's problem-solving skills.
The teacher encouraged questioning in the classroom to promote critical thinking among students.
His constant questioning of authority earned him a reputation as a rebellious thinker.
The therapist's gentle questioning helped the patient explore their feelings and experiences more deeply.

On this page you'll find 218 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to questioning, such as: abiding, absorbing, accepting, advocating, analyzing, annoying, answering.

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