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NAYSAYER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does naysayer mean?
• NAYSAYER (noun)
The noun NAYSAYER has 1 sense:
1. someone with an aggressively negative attitude
Familiarity information: NAYSAYER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone with an aggressively negative attitude
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("naysayer" is a kind of...):
obstructer; obstructionist; obstructor; resister; thwarter (someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "naysayer"):
technophobe (a person who dislikes or avoids new technology)
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