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/un'bi lee"veuhr/, n.1. a person who does not believe.2. a person who does not accept any, or some particular, religious belief.[1520-30; UN-1 + BELIEVER]
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Unbeliever — Un be*liev er, n. 1. One who does not believe; an incredulous person; a doubter; a skeptic. [1913 Webster] 2. A disbeliever; especially, one who does not believe that the Bible is a divine revelation, and holds that Christ was neither a divine… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
unbeliever — index heretic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unbeliever — 1520s, agent noun from UNBELIEF (Cf. unbelief) … Etymology dictionary
unbeliever — freethinker, *atheist, agnostic, infidel, deist … New Dictionary of Synonyms
unbeliever — [un΄bə lē′vər] n. 1. a person who does not believe; doubter 2. a person who does not accept any, or any particular, religious belief SYN. ATHEIST … English World dictionary
unbeliever — UK [ˌʌnbɪˈliːvə(r)] / US [ˌʌnbɪˈlɪvər] noun [countable] Word forms unbeliever : singular unbeliever plural unbelievers formal someone who does not believe in God or in a religion … English dictionary
unbeliever — noun Date: 1526 1. one that does not believe in a particular religious faith 2. one that does not believe ; an incredulous person ; doubter, skeptic … New Collegiate Dictionary
unbeliever — noun One who does not believe, particularly in a deity (used by believers to describe other people) Syn: infidel, non believer, nonbeliever … Wiktionary
unbeliever — Synonyms and related words: Pyrrhonist, Sabbath breaker, apostate, atheist, backslider, blasphemer, deserter, disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas, gentile, giaour, goy, heathen, infidel, kaffir, minimifidian, non Christian, non Jew, non… … Moby Thesaurus
unbeliever — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. skeptic, doubter, infidel, agnostic, heretic. See doubt, irreligion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. atheist, freethinker, agnostic; see atheist , skeptic . See Synonym Study at atheist . III (Roget s 3… … English dictionary for students
