'Deist' definitions:
Definition of 'deist'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to deism [syn: deist, deistic]
noun
A person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it [syn: deist, freethinker]
Definition of 'Deist'
From: GCIDE
- Deist \De"ist\ (d[=e]"[i^]st), n. [L. deus god: cf. F. d['e]iste. See Deity.] One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; a freethinker. [1913 Webster]
- Note: A deist, as denying a revelation, is opposed to a Christian; as, opposed to the denier of a God, whether atheist or pantheist, a deist is generally denominated theist. --Latham.
- Syn: See Infidel. Deistic
Synonyms of 'deist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allotheist,
- anthropolater,
- anthropotheist,
- autotheist,
- cosmotheist,
- ditheist,
- dualist,
- henotheist,
- hylotheist,
- monotheist,
- multitheist,
- myriotheist,
- pantheist,
- physitheist,
- polytheist,
- psychotheist,
- tetratheist,
- theist,
- theriotheist,
- tritheist,
- zootheist