All idolater synonyms

noun idolater

• atheist — An atheist is a person who believes that there is no God. Compare agnostic.
• agnostic — An agnostic believes that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not. Compare atheist.
• doubter — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
• unbeliever — a person who does not believe.
• infidel — Religion. a person who does not accept a particular faith, especially Christianity. (in Christian use) an unbeliever, especially a Muslim. (in Muslim use) a person who does not accept the Islamic faith; kafir (def 2).
• heretic — a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
• skeptic — a person who questions the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be factual.
• iconoclast — a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.
• heathen — (in historical contexts) an individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; a pagan.
• freethinker — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
• polytheist — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
• scoffer — to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
• pantheist — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
• fan — an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
• admirer — If you are an admirer of someone, you like and respect them or their work very much.
• fanatic — a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
• aficionado — If someone is an aficionado of something, they like it and know a lot about it.
• aficionada — a female aficionado
• devotee — Someone who is a devotee of a subject or activity is very enthusiastic about it.
• follower — a person or thing that follows.
• hero-worship — to feel or express hero worship for.
• worshiper — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
• shaman — (especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
• paganist — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
• faith healer — healing effected through prayer or religious faith; divine healing.
• healer — a person or thing that heals.
• sorcerer — a person who practices sorcery; black magician; wizard.
• witch doctor — a person in some societies who attempts to cure sickness and to exorcise evil spirits by the use of magic.
• shamanism — the animistic religion of northern Asia, embracing a belief in powerful spirits that can be influenced only by shamans.