infidel

nounnonbeliever

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noun nonbeliever

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heathen

adjective. not believing in christian god

pagan

noun. person who does not believe in an orthodox religion

profane

adjective. immoral, crude, disrespectful of religion

Word Origin & History

mid-15c. (adjective and noun), from Middle French infidèle, from Latin infidelis "unfaithful, not to be trusted," later "unbelieving," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + fidelis "faithful" (see fidelity). In 15c. "a non-Christian" (especially a Saracen); later "one who does not believe in religion" (1520s). Also used to translate Arabic qafir, which is from a root meaning "to disbelieve, to deny," strictly referring to all non-Muslims but virtually synonymous with "Christian;" hence, from a Muslim or Jewish point of view, "a Christian" (1530s; see kaffir).

Example Sentences for infidel

Already a Christian, could she hope for the success of the infidel?

His wife could not help the sudden thought, "But if we had had an infidel or agnostic son?"

Let them boast of their Moorish gallantry and their infidel marriages—a fig for them!

It represented the triumph of the Papacy over the infidel of all dates.

She must have been a bad one like her brother, who was an infidel, they say, and did not know or fear God.

"Light the infidel out of the Kasbah," he shouted to his people.

Said I was a scoffer and an infidel and didn't know anything about Scripture! '

Before he was professedly a Roman Catholic, but really an infidel.

Now, it may be the work of an infidel ministry, for infidel purposes.

She has often forgotten me—and my sons are dead, and that man is an infidel and a dog.

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Synonyms for infidel

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atheist

freethinker

heathen

heretical

nonbeliever

pagan

pagan

profane

sacrilegious

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atheist