Word Meanings - QUESTIONIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A candidate for honors or degrees who is near the time of his examination. (more info) 1. A questioner; an inquirer.

INQUIRER
One who inquires or examines; questioner; investigator. Locke. Expert inquirers after truth. Cowper.
CANDIDATESHIP
Candidacy.
QUESTIONER
One who asks questions; an inquirer. "Little time for idle questioners." Tennyson.
EXAMINATION
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment. 2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate
CANDIDATE
One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors.
PREEXAMINATION
Previous examination.
REEXAMINATION
A repeated examination. See under Examination.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination.
SELF-EXAMINATION
An examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties.