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

1 sense of heathen

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)

Antonyms of adj heathen

1 sense of heathen

Sense 1
heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic -- (not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam)

INDIRECT (VIA irreligious) -> religious -- (having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity; "a religious man"; "religious attitude")

Similarity of adj heathen

1 sense of heathen

Sense 1
heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic -- (not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam)
       => irreligious (vs. religious) -- (hostile or indifferent to religion)