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theologizer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

someone who theologizes; a theologian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: theologian, theologist, theologiser

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student

Narrower terms: Church Father, Father of the Church, Father, Doctor of the Church, Doctor, eschatologist, futurist, presentist, preterist, Abelard, Peter Abelard, Pierre Abelard, Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose, Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas Aquinas, Arius, Arminius, Jacobus Arminius, Jacob Harmensen, Jakob Hermandszoon, Arnold of Brescia, Athanasius, Saint Athanasius, St. Athanasius, Athanasius the Great, Augustine, Saint Augustine, St. Augustine, Augustine of Hippo, Barth, Karl Barth, Basil, St. Basil, Basil of Caesarea, Basil the Great, St. Basil the Great, Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede, Bellarmine, Bellarmino, Cardinal Bellarmine, Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmine, Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Bultmann, Rudolf Bultmann, Rudolf Karl Bultmann, Calvin, John Calvin, Jean Cauvin, Jean Caulvin, Jean Chauvin, Duns Scotus, John Duns Scotus, Eck, Johann Eck, Johann Maier Eck, Johann Maier, Eckhart, Johannes Eckhart, Meister Eckhart, Edwards, Jonathan Edwards, Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus, Gerhard Gerhards, Geert Geerts, Gregory, Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Gregory of Nazianzen, Hooker, Richard Hooker, Hopkins, Mark Hopkins, Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, St. Ignatius of Loyola, Loyola, Jansen, Cornelis Jansen, Cornelius Jansenius, Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome, Hieronymus, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, John Chrysostom, St. John Chrysostom, Knox, John Knox, Luther, Martin Luther, Melanchthon, Philipp Melanchthon, Philipp Schwarzerd, Newman, John Henry Newman, Cardinal Newman, Niebuhr, Reinhold Niebuhr, Origen, Pusey, Edward Pusey, Edward Bouverie Pusey, Socinus, Faustus Socinus, Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Swedenborg, Svedberg, Emanuel Swedenborg, Emanuel Svedberg, Tertullian, Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, Tillich, Paul Tillich, Paul Johannes Tillich, Watts, Isaac Watts, Wycliffe, John Wycliffe, Wickliffe, John Wickliffe, Wyclif, John Wyclif, Wiclif, John Wiclif, Zinzendorf, Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, Zwingli, Ulrich Zwingli, Huldreich Zwingli

History

Etymology

From theologize + -er.