as in religionists
one who professes a religious faith
for believers, it was sufficient proof that a miracle had occurred
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Recent Examples of believers
The visit illustrates his balancing act of upholding centuries-old religious traditions in a country where faith is waning while reaching a global audience from a basilica that is more a magnet for tourists than believers.
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ABC News, 9 June 2026
Such processions draw the faithful as well as droves of non-believers and tourists.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026
These were the people during the Protestant Reformation who thought the state church should actually be given to common people who wanted to join and be believers without the influence of the state.
—Torie Bosch, STAT, 6 June 2026
My previous novel was populated by Christian believers who, by and large, didn’t lose their religion.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
The Rams have been big believers in Verse since selecting him with the 18th overall pick in the first round of the 2024 draft.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 1 June 2026
Companies chasing the scientifically radical or the technologically unprecedented have often burned through capital, exhausted their believers, and quietly disappeared.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 29 May 2026
And in this rote, dutiful steadiness, I was struck by the patient sincerity of it all—and by a sense that these believers were already fomenting, in admittedly small numbers, the kind of unity that Esperanto’s skeptics say the language could never help facilitate.
—Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Finally, hire believers, not mercenaries.
—Russell Sarder, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
ABC News, 9 June 2026
Such processions draw the faithful as well as droves of non-believers and tourists.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026
These were the people during the Protestant Reformation who thought the state church should actually be given to common people who wanted to join and be believers without the influence of the state.
—Torie Bosch, STAT, 6 June 2026
My previous novel was populated by Christian believers who, by and large, didn’t lose their religion.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
The Rams have been big believers in Verse since selecting him with the 18th overall pick in the first round of the 2024 draft.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 1 June 2026
Companies chasing the scientifically radical or the technologically unprecedented have often burned through capital, exhausted their believers, and quietly disappeared.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 29 May 2026
And in this rote, dutiful steadiness, I was struck by the patient sincerity of it all—and by a sense that these believers were already fomenting, in admittedly small numbers, the kind of unity that Esperanto’s skeptics say the language could never help facilitate.
—Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Finally, hire believers, not mercenaries.
—Russell Sarder, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for believers
religionists
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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
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“Believers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/believers. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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