as in critics
a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons
a cynic who believes that nobody does a good deed without expecting something in return
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Examples Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of cynics
Smarmy cynics will call them foolish for their foolhardy ambitions.
—
Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
All one needs is to read the headlines today, 45 years down the road, to see that sometimes cynics have a point.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Some cynics of our acquaintance have argued this is just a way to sell a massive construction delay.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Dec. 2024
Into this void emerge the cynics and the snake-oil merchants, the dreamers, the circumventers, the guileful peddlers of One Weird Tricks.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 16 Dec. 2024
Some cynics are bound to exhort that this isn’t worth much of a hullabaloo.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Until then, the industry must live with cynics carping from the sidelines.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2024
Did the Megalopolis cynics show up last night?
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
All one needs is to read the headlines today, 45 years down the road, to see that sometimes cynics have a point.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Some cynics of our acquaintance have argued this is just a way to sell a massive construction delay.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Dec. 2024
Into this void emerge the cynics and the snake-oil merchants, the dreamers, the circumventers, the guileful peddlers of One Weird Tricks.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 16 Dec. 2024
Some cynics are bound to exhort that this isn’t worth much of a hullabaloo.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Until then, the industry must live with cynics carping from the sidelines.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2024
Did the Megalopolis cynics show up last night?
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Thesaurus Entries Near cynics
Cite this Entry
“Cynics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cynics. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share