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Synonyms for heathenish

  • adjective

Most common

ethnic savage pagan heathen

All synonyms

Adjective

pagan, heathen, savage, ethnic, barbarian, inhuman, uncivilized, uncivilised UK, barbarous, heathenly, heathenous, barbaric, brutish, uncultured, uncultivated, truculent, wolfish

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Resembling a heathen.

Example sentences

  • ethnic We find diverse ethnic and economic interests here.
  • savage There are still some savage tribes on that island.
  • pagan They're doing a pagan ritual in the backyard.
  • heathen How so? Do you not want to bet? Are you a heathen?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
heathenishsteady
ethnicrising
savagerising
paganrising
heathensteady

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

By length

5 letters
pagan2
6 letters
ethnic2, savage2
7 letters
inhuman3, heathen2, brutish2, wolfish
8 letters
barbaric3
9 letters
barbarian4, barbarous3, truculent3, heathenly
10 letters
uncultured, heathenous
11 letters
uncivilized4, uncivilised
12 letters
uncultivated

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