Synonyms of adherents

adherents

noun

plural of adherent

as in followers

one who follows the opinions or teachings of another

the Flat Earth Society surely doesn't have many adherents

Synonyms & Similar Words

• followers
• disciples
• partisans
• supporters
• devotees
• missionaries
• apostles
• votaries
• acolytes
• pupils
• students
• epigones
• admirers
• soldiers
• converts
• scholars
• advocates
• fans
• loyalists
• liege men
• proselytizers
• votarists
• protégés
• sectarians
• worshippers
• zealots
• enthusiasts
• minions
• ideologists
• faithfuls
• cultists
• champions
• henchmen
• sycophants
• idolaters
• ideologues
• backers
• lackeys
• satellites
• myrmidons
• toadies
• camp followers
• apparatchiks
• hangers-on
• flunkies
• stooges
• lickspittles
• yes-men

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leaders
• defectors
• traitors
• renegades
• apostates
• turncoats
• coryphaei

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of adherents

But pharmacies were banned in 2023 from dispensing these six peptides—which adherents claim deliver benefits ranging from improved endurance to reduced inflammation—over efficacy and safety concerns. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 3 Aug. 2026

These and other initiatives are focusing on secular Jews and adherents to Reform Judaism. — Giovanna Dell'orto, Fortune, 31 July 2026

Sloganeering was the lingua franca of what adherents referred to as the Stanley Opportunity. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026

Baric worked closely with researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which many adherents to the lab-leak theory posit as the source of the pandemic; one contingent thinks that Baric might have been the creator of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

In 1619, the Calvinists outlawed their practices, driving adherents underground or into exile. — Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

Many today argue that those who flooded into the nation’s legislative hall were the true adherents of American patriotism. — Dr. Matthew Warshauer, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026

Physics Universal Love Language, the second album by Syrian-Armenian-American singer Káryyn, is tuned to 432hz, a standard that is, according to new age adherents, more in line with the hum of the universe. — Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026

Aspiring early retirees of a more modest sort curb their ambitions considerably; the LeanFIRE subset, for example, counts adherents who are saving for subsistence, a nest egg that will cover just their basic necessities. — Joshua Rivera, Vanity Fair, 8 June 2026