Synonyms for incredulous
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe.
Related words
- Word family
- incredulosity incredulously incredulousness incredulity
Example sentences
- doubting I started doubting the accuracy of his statement.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| incredulous | rising | |
| doubting | rising | |
| disbelieving | rising | |
| unbelieving | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- doubting2
- 9 letters
- skeptical3, sceptical, faithless
- 11 letters
- unbelieving4
- 12 letters
- disbelieving4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (doubting2 = 2 syllables).