INFIDEL Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

infidel

noun

Definition of infidel

as in dissenter

disapproving a person who does not believe in a religion that someone regards as the true religion The theocracy regarded as infidels anyone that did not practice their religion.

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Recent Examples of infidel For those infidels keeping score at home, exactly one year ago today, Carrnac gazed into his crystal ball and presciently predicted both the acquittal of Karen Read and the conviction of Tania Fernandes Anderson. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025 The group follows an extreme interpretation of Sunni Islam and considers Shiites to be infidels. — Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2025 The ideology of the groups appears to categorize anyone not subscribing to their extremist views as infidels, whether Muslims or Christians. — Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025 During the Crusades, the Inquisition, and countless pogroms, Jews were demonized as infidels who refused to abandon their faith, even under threat of death. — Avi Weiss, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for infidel

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Noun

The room reaches agreement before the loudest dissenter has spoken.

— Janet M Harvey, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
But Barberena and Brody said the move this week by authorities went a step further, noting that those erased from the system were not just dissenters.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Definition of dissenter

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In short, this list reminded me that our radicals and renegades are the best thing about this great nation.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
There are Sixties rock bands like the Sonics and the Small Faces, and pioneering hippie renegades like Love or the Thirteenth Floor Elevators.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2026

Definition of renegade

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Cuba has recently exiled other prominent dissidents, most recently José Daniel Ferrer, who have been forced to abandon the island for the United States.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Otero Alcántara has been the highest profile dissident jailed in Cuba since the July 11, 2021, protests over Cuba’s lack of freedoms and worsening economy.

— Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Definition of dissident

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