| n. | 1. | One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions independently of the authority of revelation or of the church; an unbeliever; - a term assumed by deists and skeptics in the eighteenth century. |
| Noun | 1. | freethinker - a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it Synonyms: deist |