Heathen

What do we mean by heathen?

An adherent of a religion that does not worship the God of Judaism, Christianity, or Islam. noun

Such persons considered as a group. noun

An adherent of a Neopagan religion that seeks to revive the religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Germanic peoples. noun

One who is regarded as irreligious, uncivilized, or unenlightened. noun

Such persons considered as a group. noun

One of a race, nation, or people that does not acknowledge the God of the Bible, or such races, nations, or peoples collectively, especially when uncivilized or uncultured; one who is not a Jew, Christian, or Mohammedan; a pagan.

In Scripture, with the definite article, the gentiles; those nations or peoples that did not acknowledge Jehovah, the God of the Jews, as the true God; hence, idolaters, from the prevalence of idolatry among them.

Any irreligious, rude, barbarous, or unthinking person or class: as, the heathen at home.

Pagan; gentile: as, heathen superstitions or customs.

Synonyms See gentile, n.

Gentile; pagan. adjective

Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish. adjective

Irreligious; scoffing. adjective

An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater. noun

An irreligious person. noun

As the term is used in the Scriptures, all people except the Jews; now used of all people except Christians, Jews, and Mohammedans. noun

Not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan. adjective

Uncultured; uncivilized; savage, philistine. adjective

An adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry.

Words that are spelled similarly to heathen:
heathen, heather.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word heathen:
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Words that rhyme with heathen:
wreathen, breathe in, seethe in.

Adjectives that are often used to describe heathen:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective heathen:
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Words that sound like heathen:
heathen, heman, hedon, hemon, heathens, heenan, hotham, heon, wreathen, hething, heath hen, hidden, hayden, hymen, hyphen, hyman, haden, haydn, haman, hayman, headen, hadden, haydon, homan, headon, hyden, haddon, heiman, hamon, heyman, hoyden, wathen, haiden, hammon, hamman, haymon, heiden, howden, hafen, heyden, hamann, hooman, heydon, hudon, hammen, heimann, halfen, hodden, hemmen, hohman, hoffen, haddan, haufen, heymann, had done, he man, hohmann, hoiden, homann, haidan, hammann, hoyman, helen, haitian, hasten, hatian, hellen, heathy, hasan, hausen, heaton, hanan, hazen, hannan, hannon, haren, haran, hassen, hasen, hazan, hallen, hasson, helon, harren, hangen, heeren, hasn, heinen, harron, hearon, hannen, heian, hainan, hauran, hathorne, harran, hazzan, henen, henan, hallan.