believer

Definition of believernext
as in religionist
one who professes a religious faith for believers, it was sufficient proof that a miracle had occurred

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Recent Examples of believer Religious faith by its nature connects the believer with something greater and, in the three monotheistic traditions, with a transcendent someone. — Stephen Doran, STAT, 5 Nov. 2026 The Great Pumpkin flies around the world leaving presents in pumpkin patches for his staunchest believers. — Colin Fleming, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026 The sheer scope of Christian belief systems makes attitudes to aliens among believers difficult to pin down, Eire says. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026 Count Olivia Rodrigo in on defeating your demons and all those non-believers. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2026 As a believer in the effective altruism movement, SBF planned to donate his riches to charity. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026 This is the paradox that Condorcet, a passionate believer in democracy, encountered in the late 18th century. — Alex Stone, Quanta Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026 Brown, a big believer in addressing the elephant in the room, said at camp the team wasn’t expecting Drummond to come in and be Robinson. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 17 Oct. 2026 The birth of People’s Vision Zero Hale founded People’s Vision Zero shortly after and rallied fellow believers on Reddit and Instagram. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for believer
Noun
  • Thus, OKing vaccines may inadvertently embolden individuals to make further changes and cajole co-religionists to condone those changes for the whole group.
    — Cory Anderson, STAT, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Marx retaliates by pulling a string of his own, getting Grossbart back on the list of soldiers headed to the Pacific, potentially turning his co-religionist into cannon fodder.
    — Andrew Ridker, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Rulon Jeffs ordered his followers to move to Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, a location known as Short Creek on the border of those two states, that had been a stronghold of the Mormon fundamentalist movement since the 1920s.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Their fundamentalist, literal understanding of the Bible is one that drives them to take bigger, bolder actions to affirm their belief that the United States is a Christian nation.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026

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“Believer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/believer. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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