free thought

1. 1.

   the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation

   Synonymsdeism

   Broaderrationalism

Questions about free thought

What does free thought mean?

free thought means "the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation".

What is another word for free thought?

Close synonyms include deism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is free thought a common word?

free thought is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.