Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Definition: Freethinker |
FreethinkerNoun1. A person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "freethinker" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Freethinker One who thinks unbiassed by revelation or ecclesiastical canons, as deists and atheists. "Atheist is an old-fashioned word. I am a freethinker." - Addison. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: FreethinkerSynonym: deist (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Irreligion | Atheist, skeptic, unbeliever, deist, infidel, pyrrhonist; giaour, heathen, alien, gentile, Nazarene; espri fort, freethinker, latitudinarian, rationalist; materialist, positivist, nihilist, agnostic, somatist, theophobist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
freethinker | 6 |
antichristan atheist freethinker | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "freethinker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | свободомислещ (advanced, liberal, liberal-minded, tolerant), атеист (atheist, infidel, pagan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Freidenkender. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ελευθεριόφρων (latitudinarian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szabadgondolkodó (agnostic, esprit-fort, free thinker, free-thinker, libertine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | razionalista (rationalist), libero pensatore (free thinker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | seyr-inchynagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eethinkerfray вольнодумец (free-thinker, libertine). (various references) slobodoumnik (liberal). (various references) pensador libre, librepensador. (various references) özgür düşünceli kimse (latitudinarian). (various references) вільнодумець (libertine), атеїст (atheist, nothing, nothingarian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "freethinker": freethinkers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "freethinker" (pronounced frē"thi'ngker) |
| 3 | -ng k er | anchor, banker, bunker, canker, clunker, conquer, danker, drinker, Dunker, hanker, hunker, junker, linker, pinker, plunker, rancor, ranker, reconquer, sinker, supertanker, tanker, thinker, tinker, winker, yonker, younker. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-f-h-i-k-n-r-r-t" | |
-2 letters: interfere, rethinker. | |
-3 letters: referent, tinkerer. | |
-4 letters: enterer, errhine, fernier, ferrite, heftier, kernite, neither, reefier, reekier, reenter, refiner, reinter, rentier, rethink, retiree, teenier, terreen, terrene, terrine, therein, thinker. | |
-5 letters: eerier, either, entire, entree, eterne, ethene, ferine, ferret, hefter, heifer, herein, hinter, inhere, keener, ketene, knifer, nether, reefer, reeker, refine, refire, rehire, reknit, renter, retene, retine. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-f-h-i-k-n-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: freethinkers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 72 65 65 74 68 69 6E 6B 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .-. . . - .... .. -. -.- . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110010 01100101 01100101 01110100 01101000 01101001 01101110 01101011 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F r e e t h i n k e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0072 0065 0065 0074 0068 0069 006E 006B 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4084717186747580777184 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, немецкий, germanski, alemán, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | испански език, испански, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | турски език, турски, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | украинец, украински език, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.