Ønoun
1 you didn't answer my question
ENQUIRY, query; interrogation, examination; Brit. informal quiz, quizzing.
-related word: interrogative.
-opposite(s): ANSWER, RESPONSE.
2 there is no question that he is ill
DOUBT, dispute, argument, debate, uncertainty, dubiousness, controversy, reservation; rare dubiety.
-opposite(s): CERTAINTY.
3 it is a question of trust | he wrote essays on the principal political questions of the day
ISSUE, matter, business, problem, point at issue, point, concern, subject, topic, theme, item, case, proposal, proposition, debate, argument, dispute, bone of contention, controversy
beyond question
1 her loyalty is really beyond question
UNDOUBTED, beyond doubt, without doubt, certain, indubitable, indisputable, irrefutable, incontestable, incontrovertible, unquestionable, undeniable, unmistakable, clear, patent, manifest, obvious, palpable.
-opposite(s): IN DOUBT.
2 the results demonstrated beyond question that gas accumulated in some quantity
INDISPUTABLY, irrefutably, incontestably, incontrovertibly, unquestionably, undeniably, undoubtedly, beyond doubt, without doubt, certainly, indubitably, unmistakably, clearly, patently, manifestly, obviously, palpably.
in question the matter in question
AT ISSUE, unsettled, being discussed, under discussion, under consideration, on the agenda, for debate, to be discussed, to be decided.
out of the question going back to the railway station was for the moment out of the question
IMPOSSIBLE, not worth considering, beyond the bounds of possibility, impracticable, unattainable, unachievable, not feasible, unworkable, unobtainable, inconceivable, unthinkable, unimaginable, unrealizable, unsuitable; beyond one, hopeless, absurd, ridiculous, preposterous, outrageous, ludicrous, beyond the realm of reason; informal not on.
Øverb
1 the magistrate may question the suspect and other witnesses
INTERROGATE, ask questions of, put questions to, cross-examine, cross-question, quiz, probe, canvass, catechize, interview, debrief, sound out, examine, give the third degree to; informal grill, pump.
2 she should question his motives
DOUBT, raise/entertain doubts about, throw doubt on, have/harbour/express suspicions about, call in/into question, query, suspect, feel uneasy about, have/harbour/express reservations about, challenge, dispute, cast aspersions on, object to, raise objections to.
