Synonyms:
deist, freethinker
Meaning: a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it
Usage examples
In actual modern Europe a freethinker does not mean a man who thinks for himself.
He was a most loving father, and his daughter exercised considerable influence over him, and owing to her piety and judgment, that influence had a beneficial effect. Carlton, though a schoolfellow of the parson's, was nevertheless nearly ten years his junior; and though not an avowed infidel, was, however, a freethinker, and one who took no note of to-morrow.