adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to atheists or atheism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: atheistical, atheous, nontheistic
Antonyms: nonatheistic, theistic, unatheistic
2
adjective
Meaning 2
related to or characterized by or given to atheism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
atheist leanings
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: atheist, atheistical
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
rejecting any belief in gods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: atheistical, unbelieving
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English atheist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English atheistic From atheist + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian:
atéu
— relating to atheists
Belarusian:
атэісты́чны
(ateistýčny)
— relating to atheists
Bulgarian:
атеистичен
(ateističen)
— relating to atheists
Bulgarian:
безбожен
(bezbožen)
— relating to atheists
Catalan:
ateístic
— relating to atheists
Catalan:
ateu
— relating to atheists
Chinese Mandarin:
無神論 /无神论
(wúshénlùn)
— relating to atheists
Danish:
ateistisk
— relating to atheists
Esperanto:
ateisma
— relating to atheists
Esperanto:
ateista
— relating to atheists
Finnish:
ateistinen
— relating to atheists
French:
athée
— relating to atheists
Galician:
ateo
— relating to atheists
German:
atheistisch
— relating to atheists
Greek:
άθεος
(átheos)
— relating to atheists
Hungarian:
ateista
— relating to atheists
Irish:
aindiach
— relating to atheists
Italian:
ateo
— relating to atheists
Italian:
ateistico
— relating to atheists
Japanese:
無神論の
(mushinron no)
— relating to atheists
Kazakh:
атеистік
(ateistık)
— relating to atheists
Kazakh:
құдайсыз
(qūdaisyz)
— relating to atheists
Latvian:
ateistisks
— relating to atheists
Malay:
ateistik
— relating to atheists
Norwegian:
ateistisk
— relating to atheists
Norwegian Bokmål:
ateistisk
— relating to atheists
Norwegian Nynorsk:
ateistisk
— relating to atheists
Polish:
ateistyczny
— relating to atheists
Polish:
ateuszowski
— relating to atheists
Portuguese:
ateu
— relating to atheists
Romanian:
ateist
— relating to atheists
Russian:
атеисти́ческий
(atɛistíčeskij)
— relating to atheists
Russian:
безбо́жный
(bezbóžnyj)
— relating to atheists
Spanish:
ateo
— relating to atheists
Spanish:
ateísta
— relating to atheists
Spanish:
ateístico
— relating to atheists
Swedish:
ateistisk
— relating to atheists
Ottoman Turkish:
دینسز
(dinsiz)
— relating to atheists
Ukrainian:
атеїсти́чний
(atejistýčnyj)
— relating to atheists
