PAGAN

heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic

(adjective) not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

heathen, pagan, gentile, infidel

(noun) a person who does not acknowledge your god

hedonist, pagan, pleasure seeker

(noun) someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures

pagan

(noun) a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Pagan

A male given name from Latin.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Pagan (plural er-noun)

(dated) The city of Bagan, Myanmar.

(historical) The 9th- to 13th-century Burmese kingdom which had its capital at this city.

Anagrams

• panga

Etymology

Adjective

pagan (not comparable)

Relating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world religions.

(by extension, pejorative) Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.

Usage notes

• When referring to modern paganism, the term is now often capitalized, like other terms referring to religions.

Synonyms

• (adhering to a non-main world religion): heathen

• (uncivilized): barbarian, barbaric (pejorative)

Antonyms

• (religion)

Hyponyms

• pantheistic

• neo-pagan

Noun

pagan (plural pagans)

A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.

(by extension, pejorative, ) An uncivilized or unsocialized person.

(by extension, pejorative) An unruly, badly educated child.

Synonyms

• (heathen): paynim

• (uncivilised): philistine, savage

• (child): brat

Anagrams

• panga

Source: Wiktionary

Pa"gan, n. Etym: [L. paganus a countryman, peasant, villager, a pagan, fr. paganus of or pertaining to the country, rustic, also, pagan, fr. pagus a district, canton, the country, perh. orig., a district with fixed boundaries: cf. pangere to fasten. Cf. Painim, Peasant, and Pact, also Heathen.]

Definition: One who worships false goods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew. Neither having the accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man. Shak.

Syn.

– Gentile; heathen; idolater.

– Pagan, Gentile, Heathen. Gentile was applied to the other nations of the earth as distinguished from the Jews. Pagan was the name given to idolaters in the early Christian church, because the villagers, being most remote from the centers of instruction, remained for a long time unconverted. Heathen has the same origin. Pagan is now more properly applied to rude and uncivilized idolaters, while heathen embraces all who practice idolatry.

Pa"gan, a. Etym: [L. paganus of or pertaining to the country, pagan. See Pagan, n.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to pagans; relating to the worship or the worshipers of false goods; heathen; idolatrous, as, pagan tribes or superstitions. And all the rites of pagan honor paid. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition