ATHEISTS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

atheists

noun

plural of atheist

as in infidels

a person who believes that God does not exist He left the church while in college and became an atheist.

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Recent Examples of atheists According to the Pew Research Center, 29% of Americans have no religion, but only 5% call themselves atheists. — Ruiqian Li, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2026 The list no longer includes atheists, Unitarian Universalists, pagans and Wiccans. — Tiffany Stanley, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Her poems inspire liberals and conservatives, atheists and believers, naturalists and urbanites. — Brent Lang, Variety, 17 June 2026 Among those cut was the Unitarian Universalist Association (others were atheists, pagans and Wiccans). — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026 Even those who are atheists need something to believe in. — Mariam Amini, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026 The military will now use 31 religious affiliations, down from more than 200, which included many small Protestant denominations as well as identifications for Wiccans, atheists and agnostics. — Tiffany Stanley, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026 The wunderkind hyped to the heavens by Gazzetta dello Sport and subject to a series of ‘Pio Esiste’ headlines (a riff on ‘God Exists’) had a night for the atheists. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026 Defending religious liberty means defending it for Jews, Christians, Muslims, atheists and everyone else equally. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026

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In Arabic the word kafir or kaffir has been used to refer to infidels, or non-believers in Islam.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
Sunni imams issued fatwas, legal condemnations by Islamic religious leaders, against us infidels.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026

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