NAYSAYER Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

naysayer

noun

ˈnā-ˌsā-ər

Definition of naysayer

as in cynic

a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons those naysayers who attack the integrity of the entire judicial system

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Recent Examples of naysayer Beating Alabama would vault them up even higher in the ranks and silence some of the naysayers. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 The hiding of it is what allowed naysayers to get way more people killed. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026 As long as the elementary principles of supply-and-demand continue to hold sway, the invisible hand of the marketplace will keep on flipping the bird to the naysayers. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026 That’s what naysayers infatuated with Bhayshul Tuten continuously preach. — Brad Evans, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for naysayer

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Williams led the Bears to an NFC North title and a playoff victory last season, but some cynics think the Bears are due for a regression this season.

— Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
That the earnestness the genre requires galls us cynics, who love to hide in our books, away from all those pesky bodies in the first place?

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026

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Purges of officials -- including some viewed as his political rivals -- have been carried out on a scale that led critics to argue the campaign was also used to consolidate his power.

— KANIS LEUNG, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Its inaugural recipient is Japanese film critic and international cinema advocate Sahoko Hata, whose career helped introduce landmark European films to Japanese audiences.

— Gavin Blair, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026

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