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English

Noun

One who believes in the existence of a God; especially, one who believes in a personal God.
One who discriminates based on religion.

Antonyms

atheist

Translations

Croatian: {{t-|hr|teist|m}}
Finnish:
German: Theist ; Theistin

Polish: teista , teistka
Swedish: {{t-|sv|teist|c}}

Category:English nouns Category:Religion

fr:theist io:theist ru:theist te:theist vi:theist

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Theist \The"ist\, n. [Cf. F. th['e]iste. See Theism.]
One who believes in the existence of a God; especially, one
who believes in a personal God; -- opposed to atheist.
[1913 Webster] Theistic

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Deist \De"ist\ (d[=e]"[i^]st), n. [L. deus god: cf. F.
d['e]iste. See Deity.]
One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies
revealed religion; a freethinker.
[1913 Webster]

Note: A deist, as denying a revelation, is opposed to a
Christian; as, opposed to the denier of a God, whether
atheist or pantheist, a deist is generally
denominated theist. --Latham.

Syn: See Infidel. Deistic

WordNet theist
adj : of or relating to theism [syn: theistical, theistic]
n : one who believes in the existence of a god or gods

Moby Dictionary
Christian , God-fearing man , accepter , allotheist , anthropolater ,
anthropotheist , autotheist , believer , catechumen , churchgoer ,
churchite , churchman , communicant , convert , cosmotheist ,
daily communicant , deist , devotee , devotionalist , disciple ,
ditheist , dualist , fanatic , follower , good Christian , henotheist ,
hylotheist , monotheist , multitheist , myriotheist , neophyte ,
pantheist , physitheist , pietist , polytheist , proselyte ,
psychotheist , receiver , religionist , saint , tetratheist ,
theriotheist , tritheist , truster , votary , zealot , zootheist