He ignored the naysayers and succeeded with his idea.
Source: wiktionary
Naysayer
//ˈneɪˌseɪ.ɚ//
Synonyms for "naysayer" (44 found)
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17 translations across 6 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- عَارِض noun (consistent critic)
- مُتَعَرِّض noun (consistent critic)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 反對者 /反对者 noun (consistent critic)
- 批評者 /批评者 noun (consistent critic)
Finnish
1 entries- vastarannan kiiski noun (consistent critic)
German
4 entries- Abstreiter noun (consistent critic)
- Kritiker noun (consistent critic)
- Lästerer noun (consistent critic)
- Nein-Sager noun (consistent critic)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Dreikopp noun (consistent critic)
Spanish
4 entries- detractor noun (consistent critic)
- escéptico noun (consistent critic)
- negativista noun (consistent critic)
- opositor noun (consistent critic)
Sample sentences
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As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as "critics and naysayers".
Source: wiktionary
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