enquirers
People seeking answers
Enquirers are people who ask questions or seek information about something.
The term is the British spelling of inquirers and appears most often in formal or institutional contexts: Enquirers should contact the admissions office directly.
Someone making a casual question might be called an enquirer, though asker is more common in everyday speech.
People who pose queries
- seekersThose who pursue answers
- wonderingFeeling curiosity about something
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- probingThoroughly investigating something
inquisitive · searching · exploring · pondering · puzzled · interested · fascinated · intrigued
Those who solve crimes
- sleuthsProfessional mystery solvers
- investigatorsThose who examine facts
- interrogatorsPeople who question suspects
- examinersThose who scrutinize officially
auditors · inspectors · scrutinizers · fact-finders · probers · cross-examiners · researchers · interviewers
Those who study systematically
- scholarsExperts in a field
- academicsProfessional researchers and teachers
- scientistsSystematic knowledge seekers
- studentsThose receiving instruction
learners · philosophers · historians · analysts · theorists · ethnographers · sociologists · anthropologists
Those seeking acceptance
- petitionersThose making formal requests
- claimantsThose asserting ownership
- appellantsThose challenging lower rulings
- complainantsThose lodging formal grievances
requesters · candidates · solicitors · correspondents · supplicants · inquirers · stakeholders
questioners
People who pose queries
- seekersThose who pursue answers
- wonderingFeeling curiosity about something
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
probing · inquisitive · searching · exploring · pondering · puzzled · interested · fascinated · intrigued · eager
detectives
Those who solve crimes
- sleuthsProfessional mystery solvers
- investigatorsThose who examine facts
- interrogatorsPeople who question suspects
examiners · auditors · inspectors · scrutinizers · fact-finders · probers · cross-examiners · researchers · interviewers · surveyors
researchers
Those who study systematically
- scholarsExperts in a field
- academicsProfessional researchers and teachers
- scientistsSystematic knowledge seekers
students · learners · philosophers · historians · analysts · theorists · ethnographers · sociologists · anthropologists · psychologists
applicants
Those seeking acceptance
- petitionersThose making formal requests
- claimantsThose asserting ownership
- appellantsThose challenging lower rulings
complainants · requesters · candidates · solicitors · correspondents · supplicants · inquirers · stakeholders
enquirersanswerers
Those who respond
respondents · responders · informants · repliers · explainers
enquirersknowers
People possessing understanding
know-it-alls · experts · authorities · dogmatists · believers
- National EnquirerAmerican supermarket tabloid
- enquire afterRequest information about someone's welfare