Synonyms of infidels

infidels

noun

plural of infidel

as in dissenters

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

• dissenters
• dissidents
• renegades
• unbelievers
• disbelievers
• heretics
• misbelievers
• apostates
• dissentients
• defectors
• sectarians
• nonconformists
• separatists
• heresiarchs
• schismatics
• bohemians
• individualists
• separationists

Dissimilar Words

• believers
• conformists
• conformers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of infidels

In Arabic the word kafir or kaffir has been used to refer to infidels, or non-believers in Islam. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026

Sunni imams issued fatwas, legal condemnations by Islamic religious leaders, against us infidels. — Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026

Al Qaeda and Islamic State generally view Shiites as infidels and consider Iran a mortal enemy. — Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026

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

War in Syria When the Syrian civil war erupted in March 2011, Syrian Druze were targeted at times by both the Assad regime, which pressured them to support it, and by Islamist rebel groups that regarded them as infidels. — Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 21 July 2025