| Main Entry: | doubter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does not believe |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, cynic, disbeliever, headshaker, questioner, skeptic, unbeliever, zetetic |
Antonyms: |
believer, truster |
| Main Entry: | agnostic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person unsure that God exists |
Synonyms: |
doubter, freethinker, materialist, skeptic, unbeliever |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
believer |
| Main Entry: | critic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | faultfinder, detractor |
Synonyms: |
aristarch, attacker, backseat driver, belittler, blamer, carper, caviler, censor, censurer, complainant, complainer, defamer, disapprover, disparager, disputer, doubter, fretter, hypercritic, maligner, muckraker, mud-slinger, nagger, nit-picker, panner, quibbler, reviler, scolder, sidewalk superintendent, slanderer, vilifier, worrier, zapper |
Antonyms: |
complimenter, praiser |
| Main Entry: | cynic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonbeliever |
Synonyms: |
carper, caviler, detractor, disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas, egoist, egotist, flouter, misanthrope, misanthropist, misogamist, misogynist, mocker, pessimist, questioner, satirist, scoffer, skeptic, sneerer, unbeliever |
Antonyms: |
believer, optimist |
| Main Entry: | doubting Thomas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skeptic |
Synonyms: |
disbeliever, doubter, questioner, unbeliever |
| Main Entry: | misanthrope |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who hates others |
Synonyms: |
cynic, doubter, egoist, egotist, hater, isolate, loner, misanthropist, recluse, skeptic |
Antonyms: |
humanitarian, philanthropist |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
believer, devotee, disciple |
| Main Entry: | nonbeliever |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unbeliever |
Synonyms: |
agnostic, atheist, doubter, heathen, infidel, pagan, skeptic |
Antonyms: |
believer |
| Main Entry: | misanthropist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cynic |
Synonyms: |
carper, caviler, detractor, disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas, egoist, egotist, flouter, misanthrope, misogamist, misogynist, mocker, pessimist, questioner, satirist, scoffer, skeptic, sneerer, unbeliever |