Heretic

English

Noun

Heretic (plural Heretics)

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

Adjective

Heretic

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

Alternative forms

• hæretic (archaic)
• heretike (archaic)

Etymology

See heresy.

Pronunciation

• (noun): (US) IPA: /ˈhɛɹɨɾɪk/

Translations

Noun

someone who believes contrary to fundamentals

Afrikaans: ketter (af), ketters (af) pl. Armenian: հերետիկոս (hy) (heretikos) Belarusian: ерэтык (be) (jeretýk) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 異教徒 (zh), 异教徒 (zh) (yìjiàotú), 異教者 (zh), 异教者 (zh) (yìjiàozhě) Czech: kacíř (cs) m. Dutch: ketter (nl) Esperanto: herezulo (eo) Estonian: ketser Finnish: harhaoppinen (fi), kerettiläinen (fi), toisinajattelija (fi) French: hérétique (fr) m. and f. German: Ketzer (de) m., Häretiker (de) m. Greek: αιρετικός (el) (airetikós) m.

Hungarian: eretnek (hu) Japanese: 異端者 (ja) (いたんしゃ, itansha) Norwegian: kjetter (no) m. Polish: heretyk Portuguese: herege (pt) m. Russian: еретик (ru) (jeretík) m. Serbian: krivoveran m., krivoverna f. Slovak: kacír m., kacírka f., heretik m., heretička f. Slovene: krivoverec m., krivoverka f. Spanish: hereje (es) Swedish: kättare (sv) c. Tagalog: erehe Ukrainian: єретик (uk) (jeretýk) m.

Adjective

of or pertaining to heresy or heretics

Dutch: ketters (nl) Finnish: harhaoppinen (fi), kerettiläinen (fi), toisinajattelija (fi) French: hérétique (fr) German: häretisch (de) Greek: αιρετικός (el) (airetikós) m. Hindi: विधर्मी m.

Russian: еретический (ru) (jer'etíčeskij) Slovak: kacírsky m., kacírska f., kacírske n., heretický m., heretická, heretické n. Spanish: hereje (es), herético (es) Ukrainian: єретичний (uk) m.

Anagrams

• erethic
• etheric

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Scots

Etymology

Old English see heresy.

Noun

Heretic (plural Heretics)

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.