You never look at anything of the links I send you. Infidel!
Source: tatoeba (6583757)
Infidel
/ˈɪn.fə.dl̩/
Synonyms for "infidel" (63 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: heathen, nonbeliever, pagan, unbeliever, adulterers.
- Sentence evidence is available for infidel, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, wiktionary, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "infidel".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "infidel"
Keep "infidel" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "infidel" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "infidel", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "infidel" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
3 entriesMore specific
5 entriesCollocations
11 entriesinfidel communitiesinfidel communityinfidel discourseinfidel ideologyinfidel labelinfidel literatureinfidel polemicsinfidel propagandainfidel rhetoricinfidel rulerinfidel status
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
81 translations across 53 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pafe noun (non-believer)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄπιστος noun (non-believer)
Arabic
2 entries- كَافِر noun (non-believer)
- كَافِرَة noun (non-believer)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- gavur noun (non-believer)
- kafir noun (non-believer)
Bashkir
1 entries- кафыр noun (non-believer)
Bengali
1 entries- কাফির noun (non-believer)
Bulgarian
1 entries- неверник noun (non-believer)
Catalan
1 entries- infidel noun (non-believer)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- کافر noun (non-believer)
- گاور noun (non-believer)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不信者 noun (non-believer)
Czech
1 entries- nevěřící noun (non-believer)
Danish
1 entries- vantro noun (non-believer)
Dutch
1 entries- ongelovige noun (non-believer)
Esperanto
1 entries- malkredulo noun (non-believer)
Faroese
2 entries- vantrúgvandi noun (non-believer)
- vantrúgvin noun (non-believer)
Finnish
3 entries- pakana noun (non-believer)
- uskoton noun (non-believer)
- vääräuskoinen noun (non-believer)
French
3 entries- incroyant noun (non-believer)
- infidèle noun (non-believer)
- mécréant noun (non-believer)
German
2 entries- Ungläubige noun (non-believer)
- Ungläubiger noun (non-believer)
Greek
1 entries- άπιστος noun (non-believer)
Hebrew
3 entries- אֶפִּיקוֹרֶס noun (non-believer)
- אֶפִּיקוֹרוֹס noun (non-believer)
- כּוֹפֵר noun (non-believer)
Hindi
2 entries- काफ़िर noun (non-believer)
- नास्तिक noun (non-believer)
Indonesian
2 entries- kafir noun (non-believer)
- keparat noun (non-believer)
Irish
3 entries- ainchreidmheach noun (non-believer)
- díchreidmheach noun (non-believer)
- neamhchreidmheach noun (non-believer)
Italian
1 entries- infedele noun (non-believer)
Japanese
1 entries- 不信者 noun (non-believer)
Kazakh
1 entries- кәпір noun (non-believer)
Korean
1 entries- 불신자 noun (non-believer)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- каапыр noun (non-believer)
Latin
1 entries- īnfidēlis noun (non-believer)
Malay
1 entries- kafir noun (non-believer)
Manx
2 entries- anchredjaltagh noun (non-believer)
- anchreestee noun (non-believer)
Māori
1 entries- kaiwhakaponokore noun (non-believer)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- gawir noun (non-believer)
- kafir noun (non-believer)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كاور noun (non-believer)
Pashto
1 entries- کافر noun (non-believer)
Persian
1 entries- کافر noun (non-believer)
Polish
1 entries- niewierny noun (non-believer)
Portuguese
1 entries- infiel noun (non-believer)
Romanian
1 entries- necredincios noun (non-believer)
Russian
3 entries- инове́рец noun (non-believer)
- неве́рный noun (non-believer)
- неве́рующий noun (non-believer)
Sanskrit
2 entries- धन्य noun (non-believer)
- पाषण्ड noun (non-believer)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- neo-chreidmheach noun (non-believer)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nèvjērnīk noun (non-believer)
- nèvērnīk noun (non-believer)
- нѐве̄рнӣк noun (non-believer)
- нѐвје̄рнӣк noun (non-believer)
Spanish
4 entries- descreída noun (non-believer)
- descreído noun (non-believer)
- impía noun (non-believer)
- impío noun (non-believer)
Swedish
1 entries- otrogen noun (non-believer)
Tajik
1 entries- кофир noun (non-believer)
Tatar
1 entries- көфер noun (non-believer)
Turkish
1 entries- kâfir noun (non-believer)
Turkmen
1 entries- kapyr noun (non-believer)
Urdu
1 entries- کافر noun (non-believer)
Uyghur
1 entries- كاپىر noun (non-believer)
Uzbek
1 entries- kofir noun (non-believer)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַפּיקורס noun (non-believer)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
I'm not an infidel.
Source: tatoeba (10108989)
The word "infidel" comes from Latin.
Source: tatoeba (10466318)
(...) how it is that to his name who yesterday departed for the other world, we prefix so significant and infidel a word, and yet do not thus entitle him, if he but embarks for the remotest Indies of this living earth;(...)
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 10 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "infidel"?
Closest matches include heathen, nonbeliever, pagan, unbeliever, adulterers.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "infidel"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.