heathens
Uncivilized nonbelievers, perhaps
Heathens is the plural of heathen—people who don't follow one of the major religions, especially Christianity.
The term originally distinguished pagans and polytheists from monotheists.
In contemporary use, it's often playful or ironic: Time to civilize these heathens, a parent might joke about rowdy children.
Calling someone a heathen suggests they lack refinement or proper upbringing rather than literal religious difference.
Non-mainstream religion follower
- infidelNonbeliever in another's creed
- unbelieverOne lacking faith
- idolaterWorshiper of false gods
- gentileOf non-Hebrew peoples
polytheist · heretic · apostate · blasphemer · godless · irreligious · nonbeliever · unconverted
Lacking social graces
- uncouthLacking good manners
- barbaricSavagely cruel, uncivilized
- primitiveIn earliest form
- savageFierce and untamed
philistine · ignorant · uncultured · boorish · hooligan · ruffian · ill-mannered · unrefined
Ancient Celtic priest-scholar
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
- animistBeliever in universal souls
- tribalOf a clan
- pre-ChristianBefore the faith began
Norse · Germanic · Celtic · Anglo-Saxon · Viking · indigenous · Wiccan · neopagan
Lovable troublemaker
- mischief-makerOne who causes trouble
- scampMischievous young person
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
- hellionUnruly, mischievous person
pagan
Non-mainstream religion follower
- infidelNonbeliever in another's creed
- unbelieverOne lacking faith
- idolaterWorshiper of false gods
gentile · polytheist · heretic · apostate · blasphemer · godless · irreligious · nonbeliever · unconverted · unchristened
uncivilized
Lacking social graces
savage · philistine · ignorant · uncultured · boorish · hooligan · ruffian · ill-mannered · unrefined · lout
druid
Ancient Celtic priest-scholar
pre-Christian · Norse · Germanic · Celtic · Anglo-Saxon · Viking · indigenous · Wiccan · neopagan · reconstructionist
rascal
Lovable troublemaker
- mischief-makerOne who causes trouble
- scampMischievous young person
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
- nonbelieversatheist, atheists, agnostic, agnostics, nonbeliever
- paganspagans, neo-pagans, druids, polytheists, Hellenists
- idolaterspagans
- NorseOdin, Thor, Loki, Freya, Valhalla
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
- Eastern talesArabian Nights, Scheherazade, One Thousand and One Nights, Sinbad, Aladdin
heathensbelievers
Those having faith
faithful · Christians · adherents · worshippers · congregants
heathenstrue believers
Unwavering adherents to doctrine
saints · zealots · holy men · holy women · devotees