inquirers
People seeking answers
Inquirers are people who ask questions or seek information.
The word suggests active curiosity rather than passive reception—inquirers pursue answers: The museum welcomed inquirers of all ages.
In religious contexts, inquirers are those exploring a faith before committing to it: The church held a class for inquirers considering membership.
Those who solve crimes
- sleuthsProfessional mystery solvers
- investigatorsThose who examine facts
- examinersThose who scrutinize officially
- inspectorsThose who examine officially
researchers · analysts · fact-finders · interrogators · witnesses · evidence · clues · forensics
Experts in a field
- academicsProfessional researchers and teachers
- scientistsSystematic knowledge seekers
- researchersThose who study systematically
- analystsThose who dissect data
fellows · investigators · hypothesis · methodology · experimentation · data · analysis · thesis
People who pose queries
- askersPeople who inquire
- wonderersThose who muse
- seekersThose who pursue answers
- probersThose who investigate thoroughly
interest · wonder · fascination · inquisitiveness · eagerness · pondering · contemplation · speculation
Those who gather news
- journalistsNews gatherers and writers
- correspondentsThose who exchange messages
- interviewersPeople who question candidates
- fact-checkersThose who confirm accuracy
sources · investigation · expose · questioning · interview · press · scoop · verification
Those making formal requests
- applicantsThose seeking acceptance
- complainantsThose lodging formal grievances
- appellantsThose challenging lower rulings
- claimantsThose asserting ownership
tribunals · hearings · depositions · inquest · cross-examination · panel · deliberation · testimony
detectives
Those who solve crimes
- sleuthsProfessional mystery solvers
- investigatorsThose who examine facts
- examinersThose who scrutinize officially
inspectors · researchers · analysts · fact-finders · interrogators · witnesses · evidence · clues · forensics · deduction
scholars
Experts in a field
- academicsProfessional researchers and teachers
- scientistsSystematic knowledge seekers
- researchersThose who study systematically
analysts · fellows · investigators · hypothesis · methodology · experimentation · data · analysis · thesis · dissertation
questioners
People who pose queries
probers · interest · wonder · fascination · inquisitiveness · eagerness · pondering · contemplation · speculation · intrigue
reporters
Those who gather news
- journalistsNews gatherers and writers
- correspondentsThose who exchange messages
- interviewersPeople who question candidates
fact-checkers · sources · investigation · expose · questioning · interview · press · scoop · verification · attribution
petitioners
Those making formal requests
- applicantsThose seeking acceptance
- complainantsThose lodging formal grievances
- appellantsThose challenging lower rulings
claimants · tribunals · hearings · depositions · inquest · cross-examination · panel · deliberation · testimony · proceedings
- requestersrequester, asker, askers, seeker, seekers
- customerscustomers, clients, consumers, buyers, shoppers
- examinersinspectors, examiner, reviewers, inspector, auditors
- evangelismgospel outreach, evangelize, evangelist, born again, evangelizing
inquirersanswerers
Those who respond
respondents · repliers · informants · responders · sources
inquirersknowers
People possessing understanding
believers · dogmatists · know-it-alls · pontificators · zealots
- inquire afterRequest information regarding someone
- inquire ofSeek information from
- inquired afterSought information regarding
- Philadelphia InquirerPennsylvania metropolis newspaper