question
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question |
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Chinese puzzle, Parthian shot, Pyrrhonism,
absurd, address, affirmation, agonize over, allegation, answer, apostrophe, apprehension, approach, ask, ask a question, ask about,
ask questions, assertion, assuredly,
at issue, averment, awake a doubt, baffling problem, basis, be at sea, be
curious, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be skeptical, be uncertain, beat about, bill, blind bargain, bone of contention, borderline case, brain twister, bring into question, burden, burn with curiosity, calendar, call in
question, case, catechism, catechize, certainly, challenge, chance, chapter, clause,
comment, communicate with, companion
bills amendment, concern, confusion, contact, contest, contingency, correspond, crack, cross-interrogatory, cross-question, crossword puzzle, crux,
debatable, debating point, declaration, definitely, demand, demurral, demurrer, dictum, difficulty, diffidence, dig around for,
dig up, dispute, distrust, distrustfulness, double contingency, doubt, doubtful, doubtfulness, doubtlessly, dragnet clause, dubiety, dubiousness, enacting clause, enigma, enigmatic question, enquiry, escalator clause, essence, establish connection, examine, exclamation, expression, feel unsure, feeler, focus of attention, focus of interest, gamble, gape, gawk, get to, gist, greet with skepticism, greeting, grill, grope, guess, half-belief, half believe, harbor suspicions, have reservations,
head, heading, hold-up bill,
impossible, in doubt, in
question, inconceivable, indubitably, inquire, inquire of, inquiry, insupportable, interjection, interpellate, interrogate, interrogation, interrogative,
interrogatory, interview, issue, jigsaw puzzle, joker, knot, knotty point, leader, leading
question, leeriness, living issue, main point,
maintain connection, make advances, make contact with,
make inquiry, make overtures, make up to, matter, matter in hand, meat, mention, mind-boggler, misdoubt, misgive, misgiving, mistrust, mistrustfulness, moot point, motif, motion, motive, mystery,
nose around for, nose out, note, nut, nut to crack, objection, observation, omnibus bill, open question, peer, perplexed question, perplexity, phrase, piece of guesswork, point, point at issue, point in question, poser, position, preposterous, privileged question, problem, pronouncement, propose a question, proposition, propound a question, protest,
proviso, pump, put queries,
puzzle, puzzle over, puzzlement,
puzzler, query, question, question at issue, question mark, questionable, questioning, quiz,
quodlibet, raise, raise a question, reach, reflection, relate to, remark, remonstrance, remonstration,
reply to, require an answer, respond to, rider, ridiculous, rubber,
rubberneck, rubric, saving clause, say, saying, scruple, scrupulousness, seek, self-doubt, sentence, shadow of doubt, sight-unseen transaction, sixty-four dollar question, skepticalness, skepticism, smell a rat, sound out, stare,
statement, sticker, stumper, subject, subject matter, subject of thought, subjoinder, substance,
suspect, suspicion, suspiciousness,
test, text, theme, thought, thrash about, throw doubt upon, topic, toss-up, total skepticism, touch and go, tough proposition,
treat with reserve, trial balloon, uncertainty, undecided issue, under consideration, undoubtedly, unthinkable, utterance, vexed question, wager, want to know, wariness, why, wonder, wonder
about, wonder whether, word, worm
out of
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beg the question |
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about the bush, around the bush, beat about,
beat around, bicker, boggle,
cavil, choplogic, dodge,
duck, equivocate, evade, evade the issue, fence, hedge, hem and haw, mystify, nitpick, obscure, palter,
parry, pick nits, prevaricate,
pull away, pull back, pussyfoot,
put off, quibble, recoil, sheer off, shift, shift off, shrink, shuffle, shy, shy away, shy off, sidestep, split hairs, step aside, swerve, tergiversate, ward
off
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cross-question |
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bone of contention, catechism, cross-examine, cross-interrogate, cross-interrogatory, debating point, demand, extract information, feeler, go over, grill, inquiry,
inquisition, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatory, issue, leader, leading question, make inquisition, moot point, point at issue, point in question, problem, pry out, query, question, question at issue, question mark, quodlibet, roast, third-degree, topic, trial balloon, vexed question
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in question |
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arguable, at issue, before
the house, conditional, conditioned, confutable, conjectural, contestable, contingent, controversial, controvertible, debatable, deniable, dependent,
depending, disputable, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, iffy, in debate, in dispute, in
doubt, in dubio, in suspense, in the balance,
mistakable, moot, on the agenda, on the docket, on the floor, on the table, open, open for discussion, open to doubt, open to question, pendent, pending, problematic, questionable, refutable, speculative, sub judice, suppositional, suspect, suspenseful, suspicious, uncounted, undecided, under active consideration, under advisement, under consideration,
under examination, under investigation, under surveillance, undetermined, unestablished, unfixed,
unsettled, untold, up for grabs
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open to question |
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arguable, at issue, confutable, conjectural, contestable, controversial, controvertible, debatable, deniable, disputable, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, iffy, in dispute, in doubt, in dubio, in question, mistakable, moot, open to doubt, problematic, questionable,
refutable, speculative, suppositional, suspect, suspicious
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out of the question |
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God forbid, I refuse, I will not, absurd, au contraire, barred, by no means, closed-out, contemned, contrary to reason,
count me out, declined, declined with thanks, denied, despised, disapproved, discarded, discounted, disdained, dismissed, disowned, excepted,
excluded, far from it, forsworn,
hopeless, ignored, impossible, in no case, in no respect, in no wise, include me out, inconceivable, logically impossible, never, no, no go, no matter what, nohow, not at all, not considered, not likely, not possible,
nothing doing, noway, noways, on no account, on no condition, oxymoronic, paradoxical, preposterous, prohibited, quite the contrary, rebuffed, refused, rejected, renounced, repudiated, repulsed, ridiculous, ruled-out, scouted,
self-contradictory, spurned, to the
contrary, under no circumstances, unimaginable, unthinkable
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question mark |
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Chinese puzzle, baffling problem, bone of contention,
brain twister, catechism, cross-interrogatory, cross-question, crossword puzzle, crux,
debating point, demand, enigma,
enigmatic question, feeler, floorer,
inquiry, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatory, issue, jigsaw puzzle, knot, knotty point, leader, leading question, mind-boggler, moot point, mystery, nut to crack, perplexed question, perplexity, point at issue, point in
question, poser, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, puzzler, query, question, question at issue, quodlibet, sixty-four dollar question, sticker, stumper, topic, tough proposition, trial balloon, vexed question, why
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Main entries similar to: question
address, affirmation, agonize, allegation, amendment, answer, apprehension, approach, ascertain, ask, assertion, basis, beat about, bill, bone of contention,
borderline case, burden, business, calendar, canvass, case, catechism, catechize, challenge, chance, chapter, clause, comment, communicate with, concern,
consult, contact, contest, contingency, controvert, correspond, crack, cross-question, crux, debate, declaration, demand, demur, demurrer, dictum, difficulty, diffidence, dig up, disbelieve, discredit, dispute, distrust, doubt, enigma, enquire, enquirer, enquiry, essence, examine, exclamation, explore, expression, feeler, fight, floorer, flounder, gamble, gape,
gawk, get in touch with, get to, gist, go around in circles,
greeting, grope, guess, head, heading, inquire, inquiry, inspect,
interjection, interrogate, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatory,
interview, issue, joker, keep in touch, knot, leader, main point, make advances, make up to, matter, meat, mention, mind-boggler, misgiving, mistrust, moot point, motif, motion, motive, mystery, nose around, note, nut, objection, observation, Parthian shot, peer, perplexity, phrase, pig in a poke,
point, poll, pose, poser, position, problem, pronouncement, protest, proviso, pump, puzzle, puzzle over, puzzler, query, question, question mark, questioning, quiz, raise, reach, reflection, relate, remark,
remonstrance, reply, respond to, riddle, rider, rubberneck, rubric, saving clause, say, saying, scruple, seek, self-doubt, sentence, skepticism, sound, stand, stare,
statement, sticker, stumper, subject, subject matter, subjoinder, substance, suspect, suspicion, take with a grain of salt,
test, text, theme, thought, thrash about, topic, toss-up, touch and go, tough proposition, trial balloon,
uncertainty, utterance, wager, why, wonder, word, worm out of
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