theist

Speech parts

1. theist - Noun

2. theist - Adjective

Meaning

One who believes in the existence of a God; especially, one who believes in a personal God; -- opposed to atheist.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

theistic theistical saint convert religion belief faith believing believer devotee deist deistic polytheist catechumen pantheist
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Antonyms

atheist libertine cynic critic pagan celebrity
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Hypernyms

believer

Hyponyms

polytheist

Related terms

theism

Phrases with the word

non-theist

Anagrams

Thetis

Examples

The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances. Joseph McCabe

The Atheist is God playing at hide and seek with Himself; but is the Theist any other? Well, perhaps; for he has seen the shadow of God and clutched at it. Sri Aurobindo

It seems to me absurd to doubt that a man may be an ardent Theist & an evolutionist. ... I have never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God. Charles Darwin

As a theist I believe that God exists and that God creates. Phillip E. Johnson

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name. Samuel Butler (novelist)

Theist or atheist, monist or anarchist must all admit that society and science are equally interested with theology in deciding whether the Universe is one or many, a harmony or a discord. Henry Adams

Close letter words and terms

theisite theism Theiss theistic theistic belief theistic evolution