Synonyms & related words for incredulous

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of incredulous — including disbelieving, unbelieving, skeptical, unconvinced, distrustful, skeptic. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to incredulous

Explore words related to incredulous — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include incredulousness, incredulously, disbelievingly, incredulity, unbelievingly, disbelief, skeptically, overskeptical. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for incredulous

Common synonyms for incredulous include disbelieving, unbelieving, skeptical, unconvinced, distrustful, skeptic, quizzical, doubting — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does incredulous come from?

The word incredulous breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: in-, from Latin in (“not”); and -cred, from Latin credere (“to believe, to entrust”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.