Synonyms for deist
- noun
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who believes in deism.
- adj. 1
Of or relating to deism and deists.
Forms
- Plural
- deists → skeptics, unbelievers, infidels…
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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)
Example sentences
- infidel You never look at anything of the links I send you. Infidel!
- unbeliever Are you a total unbeliever or do you believe in Chance?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| deist | rising | |
| infidel | rising | |
| unbeliever | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- skeptic2, infidel3, sceptic2, deistic
- 9 letters
- deistical
- 10 letters
- unbeliever
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (skeptic2 = 2 syllables).