Doubters (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">doubters</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('skeptic' can be a synonym of 'doubter')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for cynics that I've seen before include "Disillusioned people given to disbelieving" , "They take a pessimistic view of human goodness" , "They are hard to convince, sceptical people" , "Philosophers" , "They know the price of everything and the value of nothing according to Wilde" .)