apostate

apostate

noun

Definition of APOSTATE

1

a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right <an apostate from communism, he later became one of its harshest critics>

Synonyms apostate, defector, deserter, recreant

Related Words betrayer, double-crosser, quisling, traitor, traitress (or traitoress), turnabout, turncoat; abandoner, come-outer, dropout, leaver; defier, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, mutineer, rebel, red, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, revolutionizer; discontent, malcontent; recusant, refusenik (also refusnik), refuser

Near Antonyms adherent, disciple, follower, supporter; fanatic, militant, partisan (also partizan), zealot

Antonyms loyalist

2

one who betrays a trust or an allegiance <became an apostate to liberalism after he had gotten wealthy>

Synonyms apostate, backstabber, betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, Judas, quisling, recreant, serpent, snake, turncoat

Related Words accommodationist, collaborationist, collaborator, sellout, subversive, subverter; coconspirator, conspirator, intriguer, plotter, schemer; defector, deserter, renegade; blabbermouth, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, informant, informer, rat, rumormonger, snitch, snitcher, squealer, stool pigeon, talebearer, talker, tattler, tattletale, telltale