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.
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Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Jew, gentile, Black man, white.
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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.
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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.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 Aug. 2025
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gentile
pagan
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Whatever the explanation, thousands of people, many dressed as druids and pagans, will gather at the site on Sunday to see the sun rise.
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Among those cut was the Unitarian Universalist Association (others were atheists, pagans and Wiccans).
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“Gentile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gentile. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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