gentile

Plural: gentiles

Noun

A person who is not Jewish.
a person who does not acknowledge your god
a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus
a Christian as contrasted with a Jew
a Christian
- "Christians refer to themselves as gentiles"
A non-Jewish person.
A non-Mormon person.
A noun derived from a proper noun which denotes something belonging to or coming from a particular city, nation, or country.

Adjective

belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples

Adj

Non-Jewish.
Heathen, pagan.
Non-Mormon.
Relating to a clan, tribe, or nation; clannish, tribal, national.
Of or pertaining to a gens or several gentes.
Of a part of speech such as an adjective, noun or verb: relating to a particular city, nation or country.

Examples

The dictionary doesn’t discriminate; GENTILE is a perfectly valid word in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French gentil (“gentile”), from Latin gentīlis (“of or belonging to the same people or nation”), morphologically from gēns (“clan; tribe; people, family”) + adjective suffix -īlis (“-ile”). Doublet of gentle, genteel, jaunty, and Gentoo. See also gens, gender, genus, and generation.

Synonyms

goy, heathen, infidel, non-Jew, pagan, goyish, non-Jewish

Scrabble Score: 8

gentile: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
gentile: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gentile: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

gentile: valid Words With Friends Word