You are correct

I don't care how anyone chooses to define the word. I do not believe any gods exist now, or have ever existed. I don't really give a flying rat's keister what you want to call it.
Annnnnd this is one of the reasons I posted what I did, earlier today, about people spending entirely too much time trying to label everything.

It's simple, gods aren't real, none of them, not one.

Oh, terrific!

Funny how the root of this word is terror... how bad is that?

Webster: Atheist: [ey-thee-ist] a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism

I think no gods exist.

I am an atheist, I have knowledge of Gods, I am well read on the subject...do I believe they actually exist, NO. They are myths and legends.

When I say that as an atheist I do not believe in god I am not saying that no gods exist. I have made no assertions about a deity whatsoever, apart from the fact that I do not believe the assertions made by deists.

An analogy I have used in the past uses a roulette table. The next spin will either be red or black. Those are the only options, the same way that god either exists or doesn't. A deist asserts that the next spin will definitely be black (god exists). As an atheist I say that I do not believe them. I am not asserting that the next spin will be red (god does not exist). I am asserting that I cannot believe your claim until I have evidence that your claim is true. Obviously in this example there is a 50/50 chance that it will be black as we have previous form and probability to work out the likelihood - far greater than for the god claims!

Hope that explains why being an atheist does not mean asserting god(s) does not or cannot exist.

yes. Atheists don't believe in a deity.