AGNOSTICS Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

agnostics

noun

plural of agnostic

as in skeptics

a person who does not have a definite belief about whether God exists or not He was an agnostic despite his religious upbringing.

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Recent Examples of agnostics 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 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

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skeptics

Noun

For much of American history, conservatives were the nation’s fiercest skeptics of executive power, warning that a swelling presidency could threaten liberty by displacing the authority of Congress and the courts.

— Gregg Nunziata, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
The skeptics returned in June, and all goodwill the team had built up in April vanished that month when the Cubs went on a 12-game losing streak.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026