Synonyms for questions


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kwes-chuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɛs tʃən

Top 10 synonyms for questions Other synonyms for the word questions

Définition of questions

Origin :
  • early 13c., "philosophical or theological problem;" early 14c. as "utterance meant to elicit an answer or discussion," also as "a difficulty, a doubt," from Anglo-French questiun, Old French question "question, difficulty, problem; legal inquest, interrogation, torture," from Latin quaestionem (nominative quaestio) "a seeking, a questioning, inquiry, examining, judicial investigation," noun of action from past participle stem of quaerere "ask, seek" (see query (v.)).
  • No question "undoubtedly" is from mid-15c; no questions asked "accountability not required" is from 1879 (especially in newspaper advertisements seeking the return of something lost or stolen). Question mark is from 1849, sometimes also question stop (1862); figurative use is from 1869. To be out of the question (c.1700) is to be not pertinent to the subject, hence "not to be considered."
  • noun asking for answer
  • noun controversy, doubt
  • noun issue, point at issue
  • verb ask for answer
  • verb doubt
Example sentences :
  • Now don't get suspicious, and tell me to mind my own business when I ask you questions.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • No questions were asked; no information given; they simply disappeared.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • Hope asked no questions, and hardly felt the impulse to inquire what had happened.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • From the viewpoint of centuries, the questions that come to us are narrowed and few.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • These questions, in her sober mood, weighed the others down.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • She must either answer her questions or persuade her not to ask any.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • To these questions a mental echo answered with a melancholy negative.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
  • Catechization is not a method of instruction by means of questions and answers.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • Each chapter of this explanation is followed by a number of questions.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • "I've refused all these to Uncle Timothy; he's been worrying me with questions—" I said desperately.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Antonyms for questions

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