Usually means: Opposes ideas, often pessimistically critical.
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  1. naysayer: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. naysayer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. naysayer: Collins English Dictionary
  4. naysayer: Vocabulary.com
  5. Naysayer, naysayer: Wordnik
  6. naysayer: Wiktionary
  7. naysayer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. naysayer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. naysayer: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. naysayer: Dictionary.com
  11. Naysayer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. naysayer: Rhymezone
  13. naysayer: Free Dictionary
  14. naysayer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. naysayer: Dictionary/thesaurus
  16. naysayer: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

(Note: See nay-saying as well.)

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noun:  One who consistently denies, criticizes, or doubts; a detractor.

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