cross-questioner

1. 1.

   someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier)

   Synonymscross-examiner

   Broaderinquirer

Questions about cross-questioner

What does cross-questioner mean?

cross-questioner means "someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier)".

How many syllables are in cross-questioner?

cross-questioner has 5 syllables and divides as cros-s-que-sti-o-ner under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cross-questioner?

Close synonyms include cross-examiner. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.