freethinker

Noun
Synonyms: deist

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned itSynonyms: deist
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Freethinker \Free"think`er\, 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. [1913 Webster]

Atheist is an old-fashioned word: I'm a freethinker, child. --Addison.

Syn: Infidel; skeptic; unbeliever. See Infidel. [1913 Webster]

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