| noun | a request for information |
| verb | challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of “We must question your judgment in this matter” |
| verb | pose a series of questions to “The suspect was questioned by the police” |
| verb | pose a question |
| verb | conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting |
| verb | place in doubt or express doubtful speculation “I wonder whether this was the right thing to do” |
| adjective | perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know) “he had a quizzical expression” |
| adjective | marked by or given to doubt “a skeptical attitude” |
| adjective | showing curiosity “if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive” |
| question | verb | pose a series of questions to |
| inquire | verb | conduct an inquiry or investigation of |
| question | noun | uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something |
| interrogative | adjective | relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation |
| interrogatory | adjective | relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation |
| interrogation | noun | an instance of questioning |
| interrogator | noun | a questioner who is excessively harsh |
| questioning | noun | a request for information |
| questioner | noun | someone who asks a question |
| querier | noun | someone who asks a question |
| query | noun | an instance of questioning |
| interview | noun | the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists |
| interviewee | noun | a person who is interviewed |
| interviewer | noun | a person who conducts an interview |
| skeptic | noun | someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs |
| skepticism | noun | the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge |
| scepticism | noun | the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge |
| sceptic | noun | someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs |
| inquisitiveness | noun | a state of active curiosity |
| speculate | verb | reflect deeply on a subject |