Synonyms of unbeliever

unbeliever

noun

ˌən-bə-ˈlē-vər 

as in skeptic

a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something

a hardheaded unbeliever who demanded to see concrete evidence of any alleged UFO activity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skeptic
• questioner
• disbeliever
• doubter
• doubting Thomas
• agnostic
• cynic
• misanthrope
• scoffer
• pessimist
• ridiculer
• derider

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pigeon
• sucker
• gull
• dupe
• chump

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unbeliever

An idea could be forming despite unbelievers. — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 14 Mar. 2026

Furthermore, Christianity was a proselytizing religion, which commanded its followers to bring unbelievers into the fold. — Literary Hub, 25 Feb. 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

No one ever converted an unbeliever with harshness, condemnation, and threats of hell. — Sophia A. Nelson, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025

An app called Krishna, for example, has already advised killing unbelievers and supporting India's ruling party. — Scott Shapiro, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024

To have reservations about something that is treated as sacrosanct is to be an unbeliever, or worse, a heretic, and thus someone to be cast out. — Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023

As director of Number 10’s in-house think-tank, the Policy Unit, the unbeliever in question has hitherto been an obscure figure in Boris Johnson’s high command, albeit an important one. — The Economist, 27 June 2020

The isolated world of Appalachian snake handlers is the setting for this drama about a pastor’s daughter who falls in love with an unbeliever. — Cary Darling |, Houston Chronicle, 8 Aug. 2019