PAGAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does pagan mean?
• PAGAN (noun)
The noun PAGAN has 3 senses:
1. a person who does not acknowledge your god
2. a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)
3. someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
Familiarity information: PAGAN used as a noun is uncommon.
• PAGAN (adjective)
The adjective PAGAN has 1 sense:
1. not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
Familiarity information: PAGAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PAGAN (noun)
Meaning:
A person who does not acknowledge your god
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
gentile; heathen; infidel; pagan
Hypernyms ("pagan" is a kind of...):
nonreligious person (a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pagan"):
paynim (a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim))
idol worshiper; idolater; idoliser; idolizer (a person who worships idols)
Meaning:
A person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("pagan" is a kind of...):
religious person (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pagan"):
Wiccan; witch (a believer in Wicca)
Meaning:
Someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
pleasure seeker; hedonist; pagan
Hypernyms ("pagan" is a kind of...):
sensualist (a person who enjoys sensuality)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pagan"):
Corinthian; man-about-town; playboy (a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure)
• PAGAN (adjective)
Meaning:
Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
Synonyms:
heathen; heathenish; pagan; ethnic
Similar:
irreligious (hostile or indifferent to religion)
