Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gentile

4 senses of gentile

Sense 1
heathen, pagan, gentile, infidel -- (a person who does not acknowledge your god)
       => nonreligious person -- (a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity)

Sense 2
gentile -- (a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus)
       => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")

Sense 3
gentile, non-Jew, goy -- (a Christian as contrasted with a Jew)
       => Christian -- (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)

Sense 4
gentile -- (a Christian; "Christians refer to themselves as gentiles")
       => Christian -- (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)

Similarity of adj gentile

1 sense of gentile

Sense 1
gentile -- (belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples)