Synonyms of idolater

idolater

noun

ī-ˈdä-lə-tər 

variants or idolator

as in pagan

a person who does not worship the God of the Bible

an ancient civilization of pantheists and idolaters

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of idolater

And the twist here – Agathe is more of an Austen idolater than an Austen protagonist – is fresh. — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025

The Founding Fathers knew of the fate of the 3,000 idolaters who prayed at the golden calf while Moses conversed with God on Mount Sinai, and of the money-changers driven from the Temple by Jesus. — Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2024

Throngs of idolaters gather just to watch the team buses arrive. — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024

The personification of those enthusiasms was the composer John Cage—a student of Schoenberg, a devotee of Eastern thought, and an idolater of Duchamp. — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022