How do you use Cynic in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like philosopher, plus the exact meaning.
Cynic meaning
- A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.
- A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.
Synonyms of Cynic
Using Cynic
- The main meaning on this page is: A person whose outlook is scornfully negative. | A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.
- Useful related words include: faultfinder, unpleasant person, disagreeable person, philosopher.
- In the example corpus, cynic often appears in combinations such as: the cynic, cynic might, cynic in.
Context around Cynic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cynic
- In this selection, "cynic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, love, inner, average, philosophy and retailers stand out and add context to how "cynic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cynic might say and a cynic might wonder. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cynic" sits close to words such as aar, aarons and abdulla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cynic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A cynic might even argue that this was the point. (10 words)
Whatever you do, never be a pessimist or a cynic. (10 words)
A cynic might say you can afford to be extravagant when you have only five employees. (16 words)
A cynic, of course, might suggest Pirlo’s appointment is a natural sequel to the club’s decision, in 2017, to change its crest, a move that was supposed to signify that Juventus was no longer just a soccer team. (40 words)
A cynic might say this was the act of some people realizing that their jobs are on the line, less than a week after the Bank was pressured into an externally-led review of its forecasting failings. (37 words)
If you were a cynic, you could view Alijah Vera-Tucker’s assessment of this Jets offensive line — “the best room I’ve been a part in since being in the league” — as damning with faint praise. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
A cynic might say this was the act of some people realizing that their jobs are on the line, less than a week after the Bank was pressured into an externally-led review of its forecasting failings.
A cynic might say you can afford to be extravagant when you have only five employees.
Diogenes was the founder of the Cynic philosophy, and was a controversial figure in his day, living a simple life and criticizing cultural conventions.
The cynic in me says that this is just another revenue-generating enterprise, but it is unlikely that any traveller on this continually-roadworked trunk route would be able to reach that phantasmagorical number.
A cynic might even argue that this was the point.
A cynic might wonder why scientists are continuing to pursue this line of research, when both autistic self-advocates and a growing number of leaders in biomedicine are saying that it doesn’t make any sense.
If you were a cynic, you could view Alijah Vera-Tucker’s assessment of this Jets offensive line — “the best room I’ve been a part in since being in the league” — as damning with faint praise.
One of the nation’s leading Republican voices, Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford, seems to be turning into a cynic before our eyes.
The intoxicating charm of a flirtatious art school classmate pulls a reluctant love cynic into a friends-with-benefits relationship.
A cynic might say this is by design – that many of the 1% hide their wealth behind complex legal arrangements to avoid taxes and obscure dodgy dealings.
A cynic, of course, might suggest Pirlo’s appointment is a natural sequel to the club’s decision, in 2017, to change its crest, a move that was supposed to signify that Juventus was no longer just a soccer team.
A cynic’s translation might be: ‘I might be the Health Secretary but everything I did was signed off by the Prime Minister so don’t blame me.
Cultivate your inner cynic – retailers have come to rely on Black Friday and they will have their hype machines set to top speed.
For those young viewers who have grown tired of every other store-bought Santa on the block, this flick will definitely knock the socks off of any cynic in the audience.
A cynic might wonder if the beneficiaries of mass Third-World immigration would be so altruistic toward the rest of the world if they were the ones being forced to compete with immigrant workers.
Alec MacGillis is a reporter for ProPublica and the author of “The Cynic,” a 2014 biography of Senator Mitch McConnell.
The cynic in me says no, but at least it was a great day for social media.
Whatever you do, never be a pessimist or a cynic.
And while the average cynic would say he was playing games or testing the waters, I chose to believe that he probably wanted a slow build.
Good career move, a cynic might say – and it gives him a better chance of the real one when the Swedish Academy recovers from its disgrace and resumes activity.
Common combinations with cynic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the cynic 8×
- cynic might 7×
- cynic in 3×
- cynic to 2×