Synonyms for pagan
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Heathen — savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild
heathen, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, savage, heathenish, uncivilized, uncivilised UK, wolfish, uncultured, uncultivated, tenebrose, heathenly, heathenous, uncouth, brutish, inhuman, truculent, uncivil, barbarious formal dated, uplandish dated
Other
ethnic dated
Noun
1. Philistine — an uncivilized or unsocialized person
philistine, paynim dated
3. Hedonist
Definitions
- adj. 1
Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.
- n. 1
An uncivilized or unsocialized person.
- n. 2
A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.
This community has a surprising number of pagans.
- n. 3
An unruly, badly educated child.
Forms
- Plural
- pagans → philistines, paynims, gentiles, infidels…
Choose the right word
Pagan was the name given to idolaters in the early Christian church, because the villagers, being most remote from the centers of instruction, remained for a long time unconverted. Pagan is now more properly applied to rude and uncivilized idolaters, while heathen embraces all who practice idolatry.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- barbarian My level 9 barbarian has been killed.
- barbaric Algeria is a modern nation, not a barbaric country.
- heathen How so? Do you not want to bet? Are you a heathen?
- barbarous The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.
By length
- 4 letters
- brat1
- 6 letters
- ethnic2, savage2, paynim
- 7 letters
- inhuman3, heathen2, gentile2, infidel3, brutish2, uncouth2, uncivil3, wolfish
- 8 letters
- barbaric3, hedonist, idolater
- 9 letters
- barbarian4, barbarous3, truculent3, tenebrose, heathenly, uplandish
- 10 letters
- philistine3, uncultured, heathenish, heathenous, barbarious
- 11 letters
- uncivilized4, uncivilised
- 12 letters
- uncultivated
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ethnic2 = 2 syllables).