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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
One who does not believe, particularly in a deity (used by believers to describe people who do not believe in the same deity or deities as themselves)..
`Well, I suppose that we must try it,' I said; and the others assented in their various ways - Leo, as though it were the best joke in the world; Job, in respectful disgust; and Mahomed, with an invocation to the Prophet, and a comprehensive curse upon all unbelievers and their ways of thought and travel.
I tried to persuade some of the men to come and save you, but they would not do it, saying: ‘Let the unbelievers kill one another if they wish. It is none of our affair, and if we go and interfere with Ali-ben-Ahmed’s plans we shall only stir up a fight with our own people.’
One of the emcees, going for a cheap laugh had said "classical musicians, we all know what they're like," and I heard several voices from the audience reply, "Oh yeah, what are they like?" But the classical concert certainly convinced the unbelievers.
Use unbeliever when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unbeliever means One who does not believe, particularly in a deity (used by believers to describe people who do not believe in the same deity or deities as themselves)..
Common synonyms include infidel, non-believer, nonbeliever, nullifidian.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
`Well, I suppose that we must try it,' I said; and the others assented in their various ways - Leo, as though it were the best joke in the world; Job, in respectful disgust; and Mahomed, with an invocation to the Prophet, and a comprehensive curse upon all unbelievers and their ways of thought and travel.
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