Synonyms of infidel

infidel

noun

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.

Related Words

• dissenter
• renegade
• unbeliever
• dissident
• disbeliever
• heretic
• dissentient
• apostate
• defector
• heresiarch
• sectarian
• nonconformist
• separatist
• misbeliever
• individualist
• bohemian
• schismatic
• separationist

Dissimilar Words

• believer
• conformer
• conformist

Example Sentences

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