adherent

²adherent

noun

Definition of ADHERENT

: one that adheres: as a : a follower of a leader, party, or profession b : a believer in or advocate especially of a particular idea or church

Examples of ADHERENT

1. an adherent of free trade
2. <the Flat Earth Society surely doesn't have many adherents>

First Known Use of ADHERENT

15th century

Related to ADHERENT

Synonyms: acolyte, follower, convert, disciple, epigone, liege man, partisan (also partizan), pupil, votarist, votary

Antonyms: coryphaeus, leader

Related Words: apostle, missionary, proselytizer, soldier; faithful, loyalist; advocate, backer, champion, supporter; protégé, scholar, student; ideologist, ideologue (also idealogue), sectarian; admirer, cultist, devotee, enthusiast, fan, idolater (or idolator), worshipper (or worshiper), zealot; apparatchik, camp follower, flunky (also flunkey or flunkie), hanger-on, henchman, lackey, lickspittle, minion, myrmidon, satellite, stooge, sycophant, toady, yes-man

Near Antonyms: apostate, defector, renegade, traitor, turncoat

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