deist adj 1: of or relating to deism [syn: {deist}, {deistic}] n 1: a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it [syn: {deist}, {freethinker}]
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
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "deist": allotheist, anthropolater, anthropotheist, autotheist, cosmotheist, ditheist, dualist, henotheist, hylotheist, monotheist, multitheist, myriotheist, pantheist, physitheist, polytheist, psychotheist, tetratheist, theist, theriotheist, tritheist, zootheist