What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
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Cynic
//ˈsɪnɪk//
Synonyms for "cynic" (46 found)
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Related words (23)
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65 translations across 31 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- cinik adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- cinik adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Κυνικός noun (philosopher)
Arabic
2 entries- كَلْبِيّ adj (relating to the Cynics)
- كَلْبِيّ noun (philosopher)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 愤青 adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
Czech
2 entries- cynik adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- cynik adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
Danish
2 entries- kyniker adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- kyniker adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
Dutch
2 entries- cynicus adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- cynicus adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
Esperanto
1 entries- ciniko noun (philosopher)
Finnish
2 entries- kyynikko adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- kyynikko adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
French
3 entries- cynique adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- cynique adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
- cynique noun (philosopher)
Galician
4 entries- cínica adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- cínica adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
- cínico adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- cínico adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
German
4 entries- Zyniker adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- Zyniker adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
- Zynikerin adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- Zynikerin adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
Greek
4 entries- κυνικός adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- κυνικός adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
- κυνικός adj (relating to the Cynics)
- Κυνικός noun (philosopher)
Hebrew
2 entries- ציניקן adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- ציניקנית adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
Hindi
1 entries- दोषदर्शी adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
Ido
1 entries- Ciniko adj (relating to the Cynics)
Italian
2 entries- cinico adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- cinico adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
Japanese
1 entries- 犬儒 adj (relating to the Cynics)
Korean
1 entries- 견유 adj (relating to the Cynics)
Latin
2 entries- Cynicus adj (relating to the Cynics)
- Cynicus noun (philosopher)
Māori
1 entries- kaiwhakahāwea adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kyniker adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- kyniker adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kynikar adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- kynikar adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
Persian
1 entries- بدگمان adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
Polish
4 entries- cyniczka adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- cyniczka adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
- cynik adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- cynik adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
Portuguese
3 entries- cínica adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
- cínico adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- cínico adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
Russian
2 entries- ци́ник adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- ци́ник adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- cìnik adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- cìnik adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
Spanish
2 entries- cínico adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- cínico adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
Swedish
2 entries- cyniker adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
- cyniker adj (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ци́нік adj (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
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Scratch a cynic and you'll find a disappointed idealist.
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There is no such thing as a cynic, just people who describe the world as it is.
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