Thesaurus results for 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

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Recent Examples of gentile Nothing can be done, at this point, about the dubious premise that mainstream Jews and gentiles in 2020s Los Angeles occupy separate social worlds. —

Judy Berman, Time, 23 Oct. 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 For instance, in between Avi’s 2004 plane ride that starts the episode’s main arc and its last-second flash-forward to 2022, the premiere revels in the rapid wordplay of a gentile girlfriend meeting a vibrant Jewish family and the general tomfoolery of a jubilant bar mitzvah. —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gentile

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pagan

Noun

The Church of the Assumption, which sits atop the tiny island, is the fifth house of worship to occupy this spot — which was originally the site of an eighth-century Slavic pagan temple.

— Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2026
Why would pagans want a coin with a Christian on it?

— Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 8 Apr. 2026