cult

cult

noun

Definition of CULT

1

a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film) <long after it had gone off the air, the TV series continued to have a huge cult>

Synonyms audience, followership, following

Related Words discipleship; fandom

2

a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities <an ancient cult that centered on the worship of the earth as the source of all life>

Synonyms credo, creed, cult, faith, persuasion

Related Words church, communion, denomination, sect; doctrine, dogma, theology; deism, heathenism, monotheism, paganism, pantheism, polytheism, theism

Near Antonyms agnosticism, know-nothingism; atheism, godlessness, nonbelief, secularism, unbelief