Heretic

Noun

 * 1) Someone who in the opinion of others believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion he claims to belong to.

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.

Antonyms

 * orthodox
 * heterodox

Related terms

 * apostate
 * heresy
 * heretical

Verbs for Heretic
approve—; burn—; consider—; curb—; denounce—; deprive—; disapprove of—; disperse—s; ignore—; lament—; punish—; regard—; reject— ridicule—; scoff at—; tolerate—; weed out—s; —denies; —disbe¬lieves; —disobeys; —disregards; —enrages; —mocks; —offends; —preaches; —professes.

Thesaurus
Albigensian, Arian, Bohemian, Cathar, Donatist, Ebionite, Erastian, Gnostic, Jansenist, Lollard, Manichaean, Monophysite, Montanist, Pelagian, Sabellian, Waldensian, Wyclifite, antinomian, apostate, beatnik, defector, deviant, deviationist, dissenter, dissident, dropout, emanationist, flower child, freak, hippie, hylotheist, iconoclast, infidel, maverick, misbeliever, misfit, nonconformist, nonjuror, original, pantheist, recreant, recusant, renegade, revisionist, schismatic, sectarian, sectary, separatist, swinger, ugly duckling, unbeliever, unconformist, yippie

Etymology
See heresy:.

Noun

 * Afrikaans: ketter, ketters
 * Armenian: հերետիկոս
 * Belarusian: ерэтык
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 異教徒, 异教徒, 異教者, 异教者
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: herezulo
 * Estonian: ketser
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 異端者
 * Norwegian: kjetter
 * Polish: heretyk
 * Portuguese: herege
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: krivoveran, krivoverna
 * Slovak: kacír, kacírka , heretik , heretička
 * Slovene: krivoverec, krivoverka
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: kättare
 * Tagalog: erehe
 * Ukrainian: єретик

Adjective

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: विधर्मी


 * Russian:
 * Slovak: kacírsky, kacírska , kacírske , heretický , heretická, heretické
 * Spanish: ,
 * Ukrainian: єретичний

Anagrams

 * erethic
 * etheric

Etymology
see heresy.

Noun

 * 1) heretic
 * 2) (literary style) A poet who claims to have no religion, or to disdain one.
 * He's as puir as the heretic baird.