as in followers
one who follows the opinions or teachings of another
the Flat Earth Society surely doesn't have many adherents
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Recent Examples of adherents
Trump and his hogmen are co-opting actual Nazi lingo from the gutter of the internet, speaking in references only Fox News viewers and Q-Anon adherents can parse, and rehabilitating the r-word as some sort of edgy pose that the rest of us learned was cruel in middle school.
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James Folta, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
After the Great Black Migration in the 1920s, our city was one of the centers of the Ku Klux Klan’s revival as the strongest populist movement of the decade, claiming 5 million adherents, with 50,000 in Chicago alone.
—Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
To adherents, Nakamoto is considered a hero who empowered individuals to take back control of money.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
The Black Death and its aftermath saw a great resurgence of apocalyptic flagellation, with thousands of adherents flogging themselves up and down the Continent (the movement failed to take off in England, which figures).
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
But, in contrast to some adherents who seemed to be channelling nostalgia for a bygone era, her relationship to the style was complicated—part satire, part reckoning with her evangelical upbringing.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
James Folta, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
After the Great Black Migration in the 1920s, our city was one of the centers of the Ku Klux Klan’s revival as the strongest populist movement of the decade, claiming 5 million adherents, with 50,000 in Chicago alone.
—Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
To adherents, Nakamoto is considered a hero who empowered individuals to take back control of money.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
The Black Death and its aftermath saw a great resurgence of apocalyptic flagellation, with thousands of adherents flogging themselves up and down the Continent (the movement failed to take off in England, which figures).
—Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
But, in contrast to some adherents who seemed to be channelling nostalgia for a bygone era, her relationship to the style was complicated—part satire, part reckoning with her evangelical upbringing.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adherents
Noun
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Strangers turned to followers and views into food orders.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Tate has amassed more than 10 million followers on X and hundreds of thousands more on other platforms like Telegram and Truth Social.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But witnessing that scene Sunday night, even the most casual fan among a platoon of 50,000 disciples would grin at this once-implausible sight.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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If The White Lotus season three was an object of worship, then my friends and I were loyal disciples, and anyone’s living room was our temple.—
Nikki Sternberg,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Adherents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adherents. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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