Theist

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "theist":
     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