naysayernoun [ C ]
/ˈneɪˌseɪ.ər//ˈneɪˌseɪ.ɚ/often disapprovingsomeone who says something is not possible, is not good, or will fail:
He ignored the naysayers and persevered.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not hopeful
- be in a funk idiom
- be on a hiding to nothing idiom
- chance
- defeatist
- dejected
- dim
- give up on sb/sth
- glum
- grim
- hiding
- hope
- lose
- negative
- not give much for sb's chances idiom
- not have a hope in hell idiom
- pessimism
- pessimistic
- prophet
- prophet of doom idiom
- win
See more results »