true believer

noun

1

: a person who professes absolute belief in something

2

: a zealous supporter of a particular cause

Synonyms

• crusader
• fanatic
• ideologue
• idealogue
• militant
• partisan
• partizan
• red hot
• zealot

Examples of true believer in a Sentence

they were true believers in an antimaterialist lifestyle, as evidenced by their lack of possessions

true believers who fought the good fight even when it was out of fashion

Recent Examples on the Web

Now much of the party are true believers in the MAGA creed and most of the rest have accepted that going along with the program is a career requirement. —Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Apr. 2025

For many technologies, there are always true believers. —Umair Irfan, Vox, 23 Apr. 2025

Trust is the glue that holds businesses together—the secret sauce that turns customers into loyal fans, employees into brand ambassadors and stakeholders into true believers. —Medhat Zaki, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025

What others might see as a kind of madness, true believers see as a quest for an elusive peace in the devotion to the vertical wall, the towering mountain, to the terrible, beautiful wild. —Maya Silver, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for true believer

• unbeliever
• achiever
• deceiver
• perceiver
• receiver
• reliever
• retriever
• transceiver
• cleaver
• fever
• leaver
• weaver