freethinker
freethinker is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions independently of the authority of revelation or of the church; an unbeliever; -- a term assumed by deists and skeptics in the eighteenth century. Atheist is an old-fashioned word: I'm a freethinker, child. Addison. See Infidel.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- agnostic
- agnosticism
- alien
- antichristian
- antichristianity
- atheism
- atheist
- atheistic
- belief
- bout
- carnal
- dechristianize
- deism
- deist
- deistical
- devoutless
- disbelief
- disbelieve
- doubt
- earthly
- faith
- faithless
- fort
- freethinking
- gentile
- giaour
- godless
- graceless
- heathen
- hylotheism
- incredulity
- incredulous
- incredulousness
- indevotion
- indevout
- infidel
- infidelity
- irreligion
- irreligious
- irreligiously
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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