Synonyms of agnostic

agnostic 1 of 2

adjective

as in secular

not having or showing conviction about the existence of God

As she grew older, she began to question the religious teachings of her youth and became more agnostic.

Related Words

• secular
• atheistic
• skeptical
• irreligious
• godless
• questioning
• doubting
• heretical
• nonreligious
• unbelieving
• religionless
• pagan
• disbelieving
• unchurched
• churchless
• miscreant
• ungodly
• unholy
• unconsecrated
• irreverent
• blasphemous
• impious
• sacrilegious
• unhallowed
• heathen
• paganish
• profane

Dissimilar Words

• religious
• devout
• holy
• worshipful
• prayerful
• godly
• saintly
• sainted
• worshipping
• sacred
• sacrosanct
• God-fearing
• consecrated
• pious
• sanctified
• reverent
• hallowed

agnostic

2 of 2

noun

as in skeptic

a person who does not have a definite belief about whether God exists or not

He was an agnostic despite his religious upbringing.

Related Words

• skeptic
• pagan
• questioner
• unbeliever
• disbeliever
• doubter
• cynic
• doubting Thomas
• heathen
• misanthrope
• ridiculer
• pessimist
• paganish
• scoffer
• derider

Dissimilar Words

• believer
• pigeon
• sucker
• gull
• dupe
• chump

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of agnostic

Adjective

Drawdowns 'faster and more severe' For one thing, there has always been a popular fascination with mechanical, forced or price-agnostic sources of supply and demand for stocks. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 July 2026

What is urgently needed is a shift from pathogen-specific diagnostics toward pathogen-agnostic diagnostic systems. — Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 1 July 2026

Noun

The exemplar of how controversy can turn sports agnostics into a captive audience is the ladies’ singles figure skating finals at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 Feb. 2026

As agnostics, we are also intrigued by the return of certain humanitarian values to Catholicism under Pope Francis — the idea of the Church as a place for the outcast. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025