faithfuls

noun

plural of faithful
1
as in cadres

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as in loyalists

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faithfuls
  1. cadres
  2. loyalists
  3. communities
  4. soldiers
  5. folds
  6. missionaries
  7. cooperatives
  8. adherents
Noun
  • The pace of killings slackened, with cadres told to reeducate rather than exterminate those who’d strayed.
    — Matthew Campbell, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026
  • The system, which fuses data from smartphones, security and traffic cameras, Wi-Fi signals, drones, government databases and social media, has granted Israel what seems an almost omniscient ability to track Hezbollah cadres’ every movement.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
Definition of cadres
Noun
  • The hour-long speech tested the patience of all but the fiercest Trump loyalists in attendance.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 July 2026
  • The film follows Lena (Lena Trifunović), an anarchist student active in Belgrade’s anti-government movement, and Stefan (Andrija Krivokapić), a working-class youth who finds himself, almost by chance, among pro-government loyalists.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 July 2026
Definition of loyalists
Noun
  • Cities breathe a little easier, celebrated museums and archaeological sites can be explored without long lines, local restaurants return to serving their own communities, and the pace becomes noticeably more relaxed.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 24 July 2026
  • In mountain communities like Crestline, where bears regularly roam neighborhoods in search of food, encounters with people are not uncommon, though one wandering into an office building is considerably more unusual.
    — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of communities
Noun
  • The soldiers killed in Jordan were identified by the Defense Department as Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • With 18 deaths and nearly 100 soldiers injured, the Pentagon is also under pressure to address the impact to US troops.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of soldiers
Noun
  • The signature folds give trousers an effortlessly polished look that’s easy to dress up or down.
    — Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026
  • Accordion-fold each strip three times into a triangle shape and insert a skewer through the center to hold folds together.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 July 2026
Definition of folds
Noun
  • The destination is distinctive on its own, not far from the northern reaches of Chilean Patagonia and a site of UNESCO World Heritage churches built by Jesuit missionaries in the 18th century.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026
  • There were plenty of other missionaries, in plenty of other colonies, with plenty of other health issues, spreading religion and the soft arm of imperialism.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Definition of missionaries
Noun
  • The old joke is that some cooperatives are the least cooperative groups in the world.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025
Definition of cooperatives
Noun
  • Sloganeering was the lingua franca of what adherents referred to as the Stanley Opportunity.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
  • Baric worked closely with researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which many adherents to the lab-leak theory posit as the source of the pandemic; one contingent thinks that Baric might have been the creator of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
    — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
Definition of adherents
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