Synonyms of gentile

gentile

noun

ˈjen-ˌtī(-ə)l 

as in pagan

a person who does not worship the God of the Bible

a strict sect that believes that fellowship with gentiles should exist only for the purposes of conversion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pagan
• atheist
• idolater
• heathen
• infidel
• unbeliever
• nonbeliever
• miscreant
• agnostic
• skeptic
• misbeliever
• giaour
• neo-pagan
• polytheist
• secularist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gentile

Posters on the platform often used the term in anti-Semitic ways, such as in the terms goyslop (unhealthy foods that these conspiracy theorists believed were a Jewish plot to hinder gentiles) and goycattle (the unthinking masses who are constantly being manipulated by Jewish people). — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026

The basic original recipe for latkes—grated potatoes formed into small cakes and fried—was similar to ones popular at the time among gentiles in Eastern Europe during the Christmas season. — Joan Nathan, Saveur, 4 Dec. 2025

Jew, gentile, Black man, white. — NPR, 15 Oct. 2025

Brody plays a hot rabbi who falls for Bell’s raunchy gentile podcaster, but their relationship could be doomed by their cultural differences in season two. — Tolly Wright, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025