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questioner

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • CMU ARPABET: K W EH1 S CH AH0 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who asks a question

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inquirer, enquirer, querier, asker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser

Narrower terms: cross-examiner, cross-questioner, examiner, tester, quizzer, inquisitor, interrogator, interviewer, pollster, poll taker, headcounter, canvasser

History

Etymology

From Middle English questioner; equivalent to question + -er.