Synonyms for agnostic
- noun
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.
- adj. 1
Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
She left the church when she had become agnostic.
Related words
- Word family
- agnostically agnosticize agnosia agnosticism agnosy
- Other spellings
- agnostical
Forms
- Plural
- agnostics → skeptics, doubters, nullifidians…
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The atheist denies that there is a God; the deist admits the existence of God, but denies that the Christian Scriptures are a revelation from him; the agnostic denies either that we do know or that we can know whether there is a God.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| agnostic | rising | |
| doubter | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- unsure2
- 7 letters
- skeptic2, sceptic2, doubter2
- 11 letters
- nullifidian
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unsure2 = 2 syllables).