non-believer
One without religion
A non-believer is someone who doesn't hold a particular belief, usually religious faith.
The term most often appears in religious contexts to describe those outside a faith community: The missionary hoped to convert non-believers.
It can carry judgment from believers or be used neutrally.
Also spelled *nonbeliever*.
Nonbeliever in another's creed
- heathenIrreligious nonbeliever
- paganNon-mainstream religion follower
- apostateOne who renounces faith
- blasphemerOne who insults deity
iconoclast · dissenter · unorthodox · kafir · outsider · condemned · excommunicated · heterodox
Rejection of deities
- godlessLacking belief in deities
- secularNonreligious, worldly
- irreligiousNot devout or pious
- humanistEthics-focused secular philosopher
freethinker · materialist · naturalist · secularist · rationalist · nontheist · faithless · unchurched
Lack of firm belief
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- incredulityInability to accept something
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
analytical · evidence-based · empirical · scrutinizing · unconvinced · dubious · suspicious · debunker
State of being unsure
- undecidedNot having chosen
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- open-mindedReceptive to different ideas
- uncommittedNot bound to anything
withholding · noncommittal · tentative · unsure · ambivalent · searching · doubtful · indefinite
infidel
Nonbeliever in another's creed
blasphemer · iconoclast · dissenter · unorthodox · kafir · outsider · condemned · excommunicated · heterodox · heresy
atheism
Rejection of deities
- godlessLacking belief in deities
- secularNonreligious, worldly
- irreligiousNot devout or pious
humanist · freethinker · materialist · naturalist · secularist · rationalist · nontheist · faithless · unchurched · nonreligious
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- incredulityInability to accept something
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
critical · analytical · evidence-based · empirical · scrutinizing · unconvinced · dubious · suspicious · debunker · challenging
uncertainty
State of being unsure
- undecidedNot having chosen
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- open-mindedReceptive to different ideas
uncommitted · withholding · noncommittal · tentative · unsure · ambivalent · searching · doubtful · indefinite · neutral
non-believerbeliever
One who accepts something
faithful · theist · Christian · Muslim · worshipper
non-believerdevout
Deeply religious, sincere
true believer · pious · zealot · fundamentalist · godly
belief, believe, beliefs, believing, believer, disbelief, believable, believers, unbeliever