English Explanatory Dictionary

atheist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who does not believe in deities or gods.
  2. A person who is certain that no deities exist or who thinks that the existence of deities can be disproven.
  3. A person who doubts the existence of deities (therefore, an agnostic may be considered an atheist).
  4. Any person lacking belief in deities (including children who are unaware of religion).
  5. A person who does not believe in a particular deity (but may believe in another deity).
  6. A person who does not believe in any religion (not even a religion without gods); a nonreligious person.
adj
  1. Of or relating to atheists or atheism; atheistic.
verb
  1. To make someone an atheist.

Pronunciation

/ˈeɪθiɪst/ en-us-atheist.ogg

Word forms

atheist atheists more atheist most atheist atheisting atheisted

Etymology

From Middle French athéiste (athée + -iste), from Latin atheos, from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “godless, without god”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + θεός (theós, “god”).

Synonyms

nontheist atheitard gaytheist positive atheist strong atheist gnostic atheist weak atheist

Antonyms

theist

Related words

aatheist atheism atheistic atheistical atheophobia monotheist pantheist polytheist theist agnostic deist pandeist ignostic apatheist God hypothesis

Derived words

antiatheist atheistick atheistlike faitheist negative atheist neoatheist nonatheist polyatheist semiatheist

Translations

Afrikaans: ateïs Albanian: ateist Albanian: pafe Arabic: مُلْحِد Arabic: مُلْحِدَة Arabic: دَهْرِيّ Arabic: دَهْرِيَّة Arabic: ملحد Armenian: աթեիստ Belarusian: атэі́ст Belarusian: атэі́стка Bengali: নাস্তিক Bulgarian: атеи́ст Bulgarian: атеи́стка Catalan: ateu Catalan: atea Chinese Mandarin: 無神論者 /无神论者 Czech: ateista Czech: ateistka Danish: ateist Dutch: atheïst Dutch: atheïste Dutch: godloochenaar Dutch: goddeloze Esperanto: ateisto Esperanto: ateistino Esperanto: sendiismano Estonian: ateist Finnish: ateisti French: athée Georgian: ათეისტი Georgian: ურწმუნო German: Atheist German: Atheistin German: Gottesleugner German: Gottesleugnerin German: Gottloser German: Gottlose Greek: αθεϊστής Greek: αθεΐστρια Greek: άθεος Greek: άθεη Hebrew: אָתֵאִיסְט Hindi: नास्तिक Hungarian: ateista Icelandic: trúleysingi Icelandic: guðleysingi Icelandic: heiðingi Indonesian: ateis Indonesian: mulhid Irish: aindiachaí Italian: ateo Italian: atea Japanese: 無神論者 Kazakh: пәнші Kazakh: құдайсыз Korean: 무신론자 Northern Kurdish: xwedênenas Kyrgyz: атеист Kyrgyz: динсиз Latin: atheus Latin: atheos Latvian: ateists Lithuanian: ateistas Macedonian: атеи́ст Macedonian: атеи́стка Malay: ateis Malayalam: നിരീശ്വരവാദി Marathi: नास्तिक Norman: athée Norwegian Bokmål: ateist
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