| Main Entry: | atheist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonbeliever |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, free thinker, heathen, infidel, irreligionist, pagan, skeptic |
| Notes: | an agnostic is one who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God; an atheist is one who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods |
| Main Entry: | infidel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonbeliever |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, atheist, gentile, heathen, heretic, nonworshiper, pagan, unbeliever |
| Main Entry: | pagan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does not believe in an orthodox religion |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, atheist, doubter, freethinker, heathen, heretic, iconoclast, idolater, idolist, infidel, paganist, pantheist, polytheist, scoffer, skeptic, unbeliever |
Antonyms: |
Christian, Jew, believer |
| Main Entry: | skeptic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is leery, unbelieving |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, apostate, atheist, cynic, disbeliever, dissenter, doubter, doubting Thomas, freethinker, heathen, heretic, infidel, materialist, misanthrope, misbeliever, nihilist, pagan, pessimist, profaner, questioner, rationalist, scoffer, unbeliever |
| Notes: | cynics doubt because they question motives (Cynic was first a school of philosophy expressing contempt for wealth and pleasure; the word cynic comes from Greek cyniko 'doglike'); skeptics doubt reports of what they hear or read |
Antonyms: |
believer, devotee, disciple |
| Main Entry: | freethinker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | radical |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, atheist, infidel, libertine, skeptic |
| Main Entry: | nonbeliever |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unbeliever |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, atheist, doubter, heathen, infidel, pagan, skeptic |
Antonyms: |
believer |
| Main Entry: | unbeliever |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skeptic |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, apostate, atheist, cynic, disbeliever, dissenter, doubter, doubting Thomas, freethinker, heathen, heretic, infidel, materialist, misanthrope, misbeliever, nihilist, nonbeliever, pagan, pessimist, profaner, questioner, rationalist, scoffer |