scoffers
Those who ridicule
Scoffers are people who mock, deride, or express contempt—especially toward beliefs, institutions, or ideas others hold sacred.
The word appears frequently in religious contexts, where scoffers dismiss faith or divine warnings: The scoffers laughed at Noah building his ark.
Outside religious usage, it sounds somewhat old-fashioned.
Those who taunt
- jeerersThose who scoff loudly
- hecklersDisruptive audience shouters
- tauntersThose who mock others
- ridiculersThose who deride
sneerers · deriders · lampooners · satirists · parodists · caricaturists · roasters · haters
Those who doubt claims
- doubtersPeople who question claims
- unbelieversPeople lacking religious faith
- cynicsDoubters of sincerity
- questionersPeople who pose queries
disbelievers · agnostics · atheists · deniers · debunkers · challengers · contrarians · freethinkers
Scornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- dismissivenessAttitude of casual disregard
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
haughtiness · superiority · arrogance · disrespect · insolence · contemptuousness · snobbishness · denigration
mockers
Those who taunt
ridiculers · sneerers · deriders · lampooners · satirists · parodists · caricaturists · roasters · haters · trolls
skeptics
Those who doubt claims
- doubtersPeople who question claims
- unbelieversPeople lacking religious faith
- cynicsDoubters of sincerity
questioners · disbelievers · agnostics · atheists · deniers · debunkers · challengers · contrarians · freethinkers · rationalists
disdain
Scornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- dismissivenessAttitude of casual disregard
condescension · haughtiness · superiority · arrogance · disrespect · insolence · contemptuousness · snobbishness · denigration · disparagement
- scornersmockers, deriders, sneerers, jeerers, ridiculers
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
scoffersbelievers
Those having faith
admirers · supporters · devotees · enthusiasts · advocates
scoffersbelievers
Those having faith
devout · worshippers · pious · true believers · saints
scofferssupporters
People who back something
encouragers · champions · cheerleaders · boosters · backers