Associations to the word «Atheist»

Wiktionary

ATHEIST, noun. (narrowly) A person who believes that no deities exist (especially, one who has no other religious belief).
ATHEIST, noun. (broadly) A person who rejects belief that any deities exist (whether or not that person believes that deities do not exist).
ATHEIST, noun. (loosely) A person who has no belief in any deities, such as a person who has no concept of deities.
ATHEIST, noun. (loosely) (uncommon) A person who does not believe in a particular deity (or any deity in a particular pantheon), notwithstanding that they may believe in another deity.
ATHEIST, adjective. Of or relating to atheists or atheism; atheistic.

Dictionary definition

ATHEIST, noun. Someone who denies the existence of god.
ATHEIST, adjective. Related to or characterized by or given to atheism; "atheist leanings".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats