Antonyms for scoffer

Grammar : Noun

Spell : skawf, skof

Phonetic Transcription : skɔf, skɒf

Definition of scoffer

Origin : late 15c., agent noun from scoff (v.).

As in pagan : noun person who does not believe in an orthodox religion
As in skeptic : noun person who is leery, unbelieving
As in misanthropist : noun cynic
As in unbeliever : noun skeptic
As in cynic : noun nonbeliever

Example sentences :

I am delighted to testify to these things, because I had formerly been a scoffer.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

All creeds may be welded together, but the Puritan and the scoffer are like oil and water.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Said I was a scoffer and an infidel and didn't know anything about Scripture! '
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

It would never do for the scoffer to become a convert openly and at once.
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

"You are a scoffer," the other reproached him, and his rascally face was oddly grave.
Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini

It remains to say that he was not disposed, being a sceptic and a scoffer.
Extract from : « Other Main-Travelled Roads » by Hamlin Garland

But I offered him my hand with a friendliness which assured him I was not a scoffer.
Extract from : « The Madonna of the Future » by Henry James

I come from the Chief—but I had not expected to find Simwa, the scoffer, before me.
Extract from : « The Arrow-Maker » by Mary Austin

"Who is that scoffer," said the man in gray, not without warmth.
Extract from : « The Confidence-Man » by Herman Melville

Synonyms for scoffer

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