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cult

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cult

1 a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film)

  • long after it had gone off the air, the TV series continued to have a huge cult
Synonyms of cult

audience, followership, following
Words Related to cult

discipleship

fandom

2 a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities

  • an ancient cult that centered on the worship of the earth as the source of all life
Synonyms of cult

credo, creed, faith, persuasion, religion
Words Related to cult

church, communion, denomination, sect

doctrine, dogma, theology

deism, heathenism, monotheism, paganism, pantheism, polytheism, theism
Near Antonyms of cult

agnosticism, know-nothingism

atheism, godlessness, nonbelief, secularism, unbelief

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