Defenition of the word cynic

• Defenition of the word cynic

  • Someone who is critical of the motives of others.
  • Inclined to believe the worst about people.
  • someone who is critical of the motives of others
  • 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

Synonyms for the word cynic

• • faultfinder

Hyponyms for the word cynic

• • depreciator
  • detractor
  • disparager
  • knocker

Hypernyms for the word cynic

• • disagreeable person
  • philosopher
  • unpleasant person

See other words

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  • What is meant by expelling
  • The lexical meaning as well
  • The dictionary meaning of the word above and beyond
  • The grammatical meaning of the word push out
  • Meaning of the word unwinds
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word exorcise
  • The origin of the word gloomy gus
  • Synonym for the word naysayer
  • Antonyms for the word wet blanket
  • Homonyms for the word regrettably
  • Hyponyms for the word ill-omened
  • Holonyms for the word sorry to say
  • Hypernyms for the word boding evil
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word pessimists
  • Translation of the word in other languages sullener