variants
or idolators
as in pagans
a person who does not worship the God of the Bible
an ancient civilization of pantheists and idolaters
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Recent Examples of idolaters
Though the mean girls and race idolaters don’t like it, Caitlin Clark is more valuable to her respective sport than any other American athlete is to theirs.
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Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
An angel then killed 185,000 Assyrian idolaters.
—Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
An angel then killed 185,000 Assyrian idolaters.
—Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for idolaters
pagans
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Why would pagans want a coin with a Christian on it?—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
8 Apr. 2026
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The pagans believed eggs symbolized fertility and birth.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Idolaters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idolaters. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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