| Freethinker (n.) One who 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. Thesaurus Entries big person, broad-gauge person, ecumenicist, esprit fort, free lance, free spirit, free trader, humanist, independent, individualist, isolationist, latitudinarian, liberal, liberalist, libertarian, libertine, mugwump, neutral, nonpartisan, rugged individualist, secular humanist, third force, third world |