heretic

1. 1.

   a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church

   Synonymsmisbelieverreligious outcast

   Broaderoutcast
2. 2.

   a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)

   Broadernonconformist

Other forms of heretic

plural

heretics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about heretic

What does heretic mean?

heretic means "a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in heretic?

heretic has 3 syllables: her-e-tic. The stress falls on "her". In IPA it is /ˈhɛɹətɪk/.

What is another word for heretic?

Close synonyms include misbeliever, religious outcast. 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 heretic a common word?

heretic is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.