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Synonyms for gentile

  • noun
  • adjective

Most common

ethnic pagan heathen infidel

All synonyms

Noun

Other

goi

Adjective

goyish vulgar

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A non-Jewish person.

  2. adj. 1

    Non-Jewish.

Related words

Word family
gentilic genteel
Is a kind of
noun

Forms

Plural
gentiles → heathens, pagans, ethnics, infidels…

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or Gentile?

Gentile was applied to the other nations of the earth as distinguished from the Jews.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example sentences

  • ethnic We find diverse ethnic and economic interests here.
  • pagan They're doing a pagan ritual in the backyard.
  • heathen How so? Do you not want to bet? Are you a heathen?
  • infidel You never look at anything of the links I send you. Infidel!

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
gentilerising
ethnicrising
paganrising
heathensteady
infidelrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
goi
5 letters
pagan2
6 letters
ethnic2, goyish
7 letters
heathen2, infidel3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pagan2 = 2 syllables).