Usually means: One who denies or contradicts.
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  1. gainsayer: Merriam-Webster
  2. gainsayer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gainsayer: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gainsayer: Wordnik
  5. gainsayer: Wiktionary
  6. Gainsayer, gainsayer: Dictionary.com
  7. Gainsayer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. gainsayer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Gainsayer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. gainsayer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. gainsayer: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Gainsayer: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  One who contradicts or denies what is alleged; an opposer.
▸ noun:  A person who gainsays others; a disagreeable person.

Similar:
naysayer, contradicter, nay-sayer, denialist, contradictor, gainstander, opponent, againster, impugner, opposer, more...

Opposite:
supporter, advocate, proponent

Types:
naysayer, contrarian, cynic, skeptic, pessimist, more...

Adjectives:
stiff, single, first, obstinate, necked, anonymous, sly, proud

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Similar:
naysayer, contradicter, nay-sayer, denialist, contradictor, gainstander, opponent, againster, impugner, opposer, more...

Opposite:
supporter, advocate, proponent

Types:
naysayer, contrarian, cynic, skeptic, pessimist, more...

Adjectives:
stiff, single, first, obstinate, necked, anonymous, sly, proud



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