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
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.
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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
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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By the end of the season, Unrivaled’s main accounts across six platforms reached nearly 400,000 followers, while its clubs added another 334,000 combined.—
Roberta F. Rodrigues,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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By then Kirk had amassed millions of followers across social media, and The Charlie Kirk Show became one of the most popular political podcasts in the country.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Over 20 years, Belichick disciples became prone to treating players as disposable assets instead of human beings they are supposed to both employ and empower.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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The list of actors playing Jesus and his disciples includes Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber, Andrea Martin and Dave Thomas, plus musical director Paul Shaffer, all of whom would go on to have renowned careers on stage and screen.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Adherents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adherents. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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