'Freethinker' definitions:
Definition of 'freethinker'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it [syn: deist, freethinker]
Definition of 'Freethinker'
From: GCIDE
- Freethinker \Free"think`er\, n. One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions independently of the authority of revelation or of the church; an unbeliever; -- a term assumed by deists and skeptics in the eighteenth century. [1913 Webster]
- Atheist is an old-fashioned word: I'm a freethinker, child. --Addison.
- Syn: Infidel; skeptic; unbeliever. See Infidel. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'freethinker'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- big person,
- broad-gauge person,
- ecumenicist,
- esprit fort,
- free lance,
- free spirit,
- free trader,
- humanist,
- independent,
- individualist,
- isolationist,
- latitudinarian,
- liberal,
- liberalist,
- libertarian,
- libertine,
- mugwump,
- neutral,
- nonpartisan,
- rugged individualist,
- secular humanist,
- third force,
- third world