Synonyms of cult

cult

noun

ˈkəlt 

1

as in audience

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 & Similar Words

• audience
• following
• followership
• discipleship
• fandom

2

as in religion

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 & Similar Words

• religion
• sect
• persuasion
• creed
• faith
• denomination
• church
• theology
• credo
• doctrine
• communion
• dogma
• paganism
• monotheism
• pantheism
• theism
• polytheism
• heathenism
• deism

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• agnosticism
• atheism
• secularism
• unbelief
• know-nothingism
• godlessness
• nonbelief

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cult

Born in 1977, James Van Der Beek became a global star in the late 1990s playing Dawson Leery in the cult series Dawson’s Creek. — Marzia Nicolini, Vanity Fair, 3 Aug. 2026

Primus’ Bay Area cult following snowballed into a deal with Virgin offshoot Caroline Records for their studio debut, 1990’s Frizzle Fry, which established Primus as irresistible genre iconoclasts. — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026

The Red Sox also traded John Lackey for Allan Craig and Joe Kelly, who became a cult hero in Boston and was part of the 2018 title team, and most importantly dealt reliever Andrew Miller for pitching prospect Eduardo Rodriguez. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2026

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