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if
noun [C usually singular] /ɪf/ informalDefinition
(Definition of if noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Suspecting & questioning
Synonyms and related words:
- call into question idiom
- challenge noun (QUESTION)
- challenge verb (DOUBT)
- challenge verb (STOP)
- cynic noun
- cynical adjective
- dispute noun
- dispute verb
- doubter noun
- doubting Thomas noun
- misgiving noun
- niggle noun (WORRY)
- query noun
- reservation noun (DOUBT)
- reserve noun (DOUBT)
- sceptical adjective
- skeptic noun
- smell a rat idiom
- suspect verb (DOUBT)
- suspiciously adverb (DOUBT)
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