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apostate

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of apostate

1 a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right

an apostate from communism, he later became one of its harshest critics

Synonyms of apostate

defector, deserter, recreant, renegade

Words Related to apostate

betrayer, double-crosser, quisling, traitor, traitress (or traitoress), turnabout, turncoat

abandoner, come-outer, dropout, leaver

defier, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, mutineer, rebel, red, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, revolutionizer

discontent, malcontent

recusant, refusenik (also refusnik), refuser

Near Antonyms of apostate

adherent, disciple, follower, supporter

fanatic, militant, partisan (also partizan), zealot

Antonyms of apostate

2 one who betrays a trust or an allegiance

became an apostate to liberalism after he had gotten wealthy

Synonyms of apostate

backstabber, betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, Judas, quisling, recreant, serpent, snake, traitor, turncoat

Words Related to apostate

accommodationist, collaborationist, collaborator, sellout, subversive, subverter

coconspirator, conspirator, intriguer, plotter, schemer

defector, deserter, renegade

blabbermouth, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, informant, informer, rat, rumormonger, snitch, snitcher, squealer, stool pigeon, talebearer, talker, tattler, tattletale, telltale

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