Synonyms for unbeliever
Most common
non-believer atheist infidel disbeliever deist doubter nullifidian
All synonyms
Noun
non-believer, infidel, disbeliever, atheist, doubter, skeptic US, sceptic UK, deist, nullifidian
Definitions
- n. 1
One who does not believe, particularly in a deity (used by believers to describe people who do not believe in the same deity or deities as themselves).
Forms
- Plural
- unbelievers → non-believers, infidels, disbelievers, atheists…
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The skeptic doubts divine revelation; the disbeliever and the unbeliever reject it, the disbeliever with more of intellectual dissent, the unbeliever (in the common acceptation) with indifference or with opposition of heart as well as of intellect.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- atheist Mary is Catholic, but her boyfriend is an atheist.
- infidel You never look at anything of the links I send you. Infidel!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unbeliever | rising | |
| atheist | rising | |
| infidel | rising | |
| disbeliever | rising | |
| deist | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- deist2
- 7 letters
- atheist3, skeptic2, infidel3, sceptic2, doubter2
- 11 letters
- disbeliever, nullifidian
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deist2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- incroyant
- Deutsch
- Ungläubige