Heretic

//ˈhɛɹɪtɪk//

Synonyms for "heretic" (67 found)

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Closest matches (14)

apostate dissident nonconformist sectarian separatist albigensian antinomian arian beatnik bohemian cathar defector deviant deviationist

Strong matches (20)

dissenter donatist dropout ebionite eccentric emanationist erastian fish out of water flower child freak gnostic heathen heretical hippie hylotheist iconoclast infidel jansenist lollard

Noun(1 words)

dissident

Related words (33)

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

6 entries

Ishmael castaway nonconformist outcast pariah recusant

More specific

1 entries

apostate

Antonyms

1 entries

orthodox

Synonyms

6 entries

apostate dissident nonconformist sectarian separatist withersake

Related terms

2 entries

heresy heretical

dbpedia genre

1 entries

first person shooter

derived

6 entries

antiheretic arch-heretic arch-heretical hereticaster hereticide hereticize

is a

3 entries

nonconformist outcast video game

related to

7 entries

belief conform heresy heretical practice religion tenet

Translations

117 translations across 63 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

ketter noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
ketters noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Albanian

2 entries

heretik noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
heretike noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

αἱρετικός noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Arabic

2 entries

مُلْحِد noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
مُلْحِدَة noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Armenian

1 entries

հերետիկոս noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Aromanian

1 entries

eretico noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

bidətçi noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Belarusian

2 entries

ерэты́к noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
ерэты́чка noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Bulgarian

2 entries

ерети́к noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
ерети́чка noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Catalan

1 entries

heretge noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

異端 /异端 noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Church Slavic

1 entries

еретикъ noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Czech

2 entries

kacíř noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
kacířka noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Danish

1 entries

kætter noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Dutch

1 entries

ketter noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Esperanto

2 entries

herezulino noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
herezulo noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Estonian

1 entries

ketser noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Faroese

2 entries

trúarvillingur noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
trúvillingur noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Finnish

2 entries

harhaoppinen noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
kerettiläinen noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

French

1 entries

hérétique noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Georgian

2 entries

ერეტიკოსი noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
მწვალებელი noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

German

4 entries

Abweichler noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
Abweichlerin noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
Häretiker noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
Häretikerin noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Greek

2 entries

αιρετική noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
αιρετικός noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Hebrew

4 entries

אֶפִּיקוֹרֶס noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
אֶפִּיקוֹרוֹס noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
כּוֹפֵר noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
כּוֹפֶרֶת noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Hindi

1 entries

विधर्मी noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Hungarian

1 entries

eretnek noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Indonesian

1 entries

bida'ah noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Irish

1 entries

eiriceach noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Italian

2 entries

eretica noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
eretico noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Japanese

1 entries

異端者 noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Kazakh

1 entries

бидғатшы noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Korean

2 entries

이교도 noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
이단자 noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

бидъатчы noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
еретик noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Latin

3 entries

haereseus noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
haeresiacus noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
haereticus noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Latvian

1 entries

ķeceris noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Lithuanian

1 entries

eretikas noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Macedonian

3 entries

ере́тик noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
криво́верец noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
криво́верник noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Māori

1 entries

heretiki noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

heretiker noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
kjetter noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
vranglærer noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

heretikar noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
kjettar noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
ranglærar noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Occitan

2 entries

eretic noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
erètge noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Old Czech

1 entries

cafúr noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

زندیق noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Persian

2 entries

زندیق noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
زندیک noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Polish

4 entries

heretyczka noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
heretyk noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
kacerka noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
kacerz noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Portuguese

1 entries

herege noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Romanian

1 entries

eretic noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Russian

2 entries

ерети́к noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
ерети́чка noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

saobh-chreidmheach noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

jeretik noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
krivoveran noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
krivoverna noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
кривоверан noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Slovak

4 entries

heretik noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
heretička noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
kacír noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
kacírka noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Slovene

4 entries

heretik noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
heretičarka noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
krivoverec noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
krivoverka noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Spanish

1 entries

hereje noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Swedish

2 entries

heretiker noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
kättare noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Tagalog

1 entries

erehe noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Tajik

1 entries

бидъаткор noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Tocharian B

1 entries

tīrthe noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Turkish

2 entries

kâfir noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
zındık noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Ukrainian

2 entries

єрети́к noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
єрети́чка noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Uzbek

1 entries

bidʻatchi noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Vietnamese

1 entries

dị giáo noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Volapük

3 entries

hihäretan noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
häretan noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
jihäretan noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Yiddish

2 entries

אַפּיקורס noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)
מין noun (someone who believes contrary to fundamentals. of a religion)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

She was accused of being a heretic.

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The heretic was burned at the stake.

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The heretic was anathematized.

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I'm not a heretic.

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