misbelievers

Definition of misbelieversnext
plural of misbeliever

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misbelievers
Noun
  • An idea could be forming despite unbelievers.
    Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Peppering dashes of humor into its brew of foreboding, the movie views the rise of an authoritarian movement through its effect on a family of unbelievers, covering a five-year period that begins in celebration and ends somewhere very different.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sunni imams issued fatwas, legal condemnations by Islamic religious leaders, against us infidels.
    Literary Hub, 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
Noun
  • Excessive entanglement would affect the government's independence and potentially give religious adherents access to government not available to nonbelievers.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Why don’t religious people make similar allowances for nonbelievers?
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The military will now use 31 religious affiliations, down from more than 200, which included many small Protestant denominations as well as identifications for Wiccans, atheists and agnostics.
    Tiffany Stanley, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The wunderkind hyped to the heavens by Gazzetta dello Sport and subject to a series of ‘Pio Esiste’ headlines (a riff on ‘God Exists’) had a night for the atheists.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The characters here, though, are nowhere near so smart as those conniving pagans and can only dream of outwitting the sophisticated folk from the mainland, coming there with their talk of cake, and comfy chairs, and their lies.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The crowds, many dressed as druids and pagans, had gathered before dawn, waiting patiently in the dark and cold field in southwest England.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Misbelievers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misbelievers. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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