Synonyms for incredulity
All synonyms
Noun
1. Disbelief
disbelief, skepticism US, scepticism UK, distrust, unbelief, doubt
Other
incredulosity, incredulousness rare
Definitions
- n. 1
Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.
Related words
- Word family
- incredibility incredulous
Forms
- Plural
- incredulities → disbeliefs, skepticisms, distrusts, unbeliefs…
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Any improbable statement awakens incredulity.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- doubt There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt.
- disbelief The aftermath of the war left many in disbelief.
- distrust True love knows neither suspicion nor distrust.
By length
- 5 letters
- doubt1
- 8 letters
- distrust2, unbelief
- 9 letters
- disbelief3
- 10 letters
- skepticism4, scepticism
- 13 letters
- incredulosity
- 15 letters
- incredulousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (distrust2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- incrédulité
- Italiano
- incredulità