Home › Words › S › skepticizeskepticizeskepticize means to doubt; to be skeptical.EtymologyFrom skeptic + -ize.verbTo doubt; to be skepticale.g.“to skepticize, where no one else will […] hesitate” — 1709, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, “The Moralists, a Philosophical Rhapsody”, in Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, volume II, London, published 1732:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.scepticist 70% match — One who is skeptical; a sceptic. vs skepticize →skeptic 69% match — Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc. that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so. vs skepticize →scepsis 68% match — Skepticism; a skeptical approach or belief. vs skepticize →doubter 65% match — One who doubts. vs skepticize →dubitatively 64% match — doubtfully vs skepticize →doubtingly 63% match — In a doubting manner. vs skepticize →dubitative 63% match — Tending to doubt; doubtful. vs skepticize →skepticalness 62% match — Quality of being skeptical. vs skepticize →