English synonyms about - contact  

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

cynic

noun

1 cynic

Someone who is critical of the motives of others.

synonym: faultfinder.

Roget 487: incredulousness, incredulity; skepticism, pyrrhonism; want of faith etc. (irreligion) 989.    suspiciousness etc. adj.; scrupulosity; suspicion etc. ... show more

Roget 911: misanthropy, incivism; egotism etc. (selfishness) 943; moroseness etc. 901.1; cynicism.    misanthrope, misanthropist, egotist, cynic, ... show more

Roget 936: detractor, reprover; censor, censurer; cynic, critic, caviler, carper, word-catcher, frondeur; barracker.    defamer, backbiter, slanderer, ... show more

Roget 955: asceticism, puritanism, sabbatarianism; cynicism, austerity; total abstinence; nephalism.    mortification, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, flagellation; penance etc. ... show more

Dutch: cynicus
Polish: cynik

2 Cynic

A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control.

Polish: cynik


Moby thesaurus: Cassandra, Eeyore, Thersites, backbiter, belittler, calamity howler, calumniator, caustic critic, debunker, decrier, defamer, defeatist, deflater, depreciator, derogator, detractor, disparager, hatchet man, killjoy, knocker ... show more.

Find more on cynic elsewhere: etymology - rhymes - Wikipedia.

debug info: 0.0566