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atheist
CIDE DICTIONARY
atheist, n. [Gr. without god; 'a priv. + god: cf. F. athéiste.].
- One who disbelieves or denies the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being. [1913 Webster]
- A godless person. [1913 Webster]"See
Infidel ." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Infidel; unbeliever.
THESAURUS
atheist
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atheist
Irreligion
N irreligion, indevotion, godlessness, ungodliness, laxity, quietism, skepticism, doubt, unbelief, disbelief, incredulity, incredulousness, want of faith, want of belief, pyrrhonism, bout, agnosticism, atheism, deism, hylotheism, materialism, positivism, nihilism, infidelity, freethinking, antichristianity, rationalism, neology, atheist, skeptic, unbeliever, deist, infidel, pyrrhonist, giaour, heathen, alien, gentile, Nazarene, espri fort, freethinker, latitudinarian, rationalist, materialist, positivist, nihilist, agnostic, somatist, theophobist, irreligious, indevout, undevout, devoutless, godless, graceless, ungodly, unholy, unsanctified, unhallowed, atheistic, without God, skeptical, freethinking, unbelieving, unconverted, incredulous, faithless, lacking faith, deistical, unchristian, antichristian, worldly, mundane, earthly, carnal, worldly minded, irreligiously.For further exploring for "atheist" in Webster Dictionary Online