Thesaurus: freethinker

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1. n. 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.
2. n. a person who rejects religion
3. 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. Syn. -- Infidel; skeptic; unbeliever. See Infidel.
4. One who speculates or forms opinions independently of theauthority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who formsopinions independently of the authority of revelation or of thechurch; an unbeliever; -- a term assumed by deists and skeptics inthe eighteenth century.Atheist is an old-fashioned word: I'm a freethinker, child. Addison.
5. n a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it