convert

convert

noun

Definition of CONVERT

1

a person who has recently been persuaded to join a religious sect <the converts were the most vocal and fervent worshippers in the church>

Synonyms neophyte, proselyte

Related Words regenerate; newcomer, novice, novitiate, recruit; catechumen

2

one who follows the opinions or teachings of another <the British biologist T. H. Huxley was one of the earliest converts to Darwin's theory of evolution>

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

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

Antonyms coryphaeus, leader