questioner
/'kwestʃənə/
Definition
- Noun:
- A person who asks a question or questions: A "questioner" is someone who poses an inquiry, seeks information, or interrogates.
Usage
- The word "questioner" is used to identify the person performing the action of asking. It is a neutral term and can apply in formal, informal, educational, or interrogative contexts.
Examples
- Noun:
- The speaker paused to address the questioner in the third row.
- As an interviewer, her role was that of a persistent questioner.
- The panel could not identify the anonymous questioner.
Advanced Usage
- "The questioner's intent": Refers to the purpose or motive behind someone's inquiry.
- The politician was adept at discerning the questioner's intent.
- In philosophical or methodological contexts, it can imply a person who systematically doubts or inquires.
- Socrates is often portrayed as the quintessential questioner.
Variants and Related Words
- Question (n/v): The inquiry itself or the act of asking.
- His main question was about funding.
- Questioning (n/adj): The action of asking questions, or characterized by inquiry.
- The police subjected him to intense questioning.
- Questionnaire (n): A written list of questions for gathering information.
- Please complete the customer satisfaction questionnaire.
Synonyms
- Inquirer: A person who seeks information.
- Interrogator: A person who questions someone, often formally or aggressively.
- Asker: A simpler, less common synonym for one who asks.
Antonyms
- Respondent: A person who replies or answers.
- Answerer: One who provides an answer.
Noun
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someone who asks a question
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