Thesaurus results for GROVELER

groveler

noun

Definition of groveler

as in worshipper

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Noun

Before the service began, a worshiper read aloud the names of some 200 parishioners who perished.

— Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
The fire caused extensive damage to the synagogue and a worshipper sustained minor injuries.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 June 2026

Definition of worshipper

Noun

Once inside, actors like Dominic Sessa, Stavros Halkias, and Nico Parker, supporting her boyfriend Cooper Hoffman, who stars in the film as OpenAI president and Altman devotee Greg Brockman, took their seats.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026
Some at the memorial took solace in seeing so many like-minded devotees come out to the serene mountain setting to remember the avian matriarch.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of devotee

Noun

What’s left is a modern tale of school bullying, with a Margaret who is both a zealot and also, thanks to Sloyan, much more human than in the past.

— William Earl, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Coverage of the story dovetailed with a hail of memes and insinuations online that Crockett is a zealot or a pretend cowboy out of his depth.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of zealot

Noun

As the camera focused on a star player making a touchdown or a slam dunk, the faces of the fans behind them would coalesce into a colorful, murky abstraction.

— Ryan Sullivan, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Hathaway, a New York City native and lifelong Knicks fan, was jokingly credited for their change in fortune by yours truly and a host of others.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of fan

Noun

In the ‘90s, Golod worked with Pet Television Network as co-chairman and co-owner of a cable and satellite service aimed toward animal enthusiasts.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Snowboarders and skiing enthusiasts from around the world travel there for the pillowy snow on its mountains.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of enthusiast

Noun

The Industry actress, 29, got soaked in fake blood for her role in the horror-action flick as Maria Reaves (the younger sister to protagonist Asia Reaves, played by Zazie Beetz), as did Graham, 56, who plays a satanic cultist.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Apr. 2026
There’s an incredible sequence where Zazie Beetz’s character fights cultists with a flaming axe.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Mar. 2026

Definition of cultist

Noun

Racial idolaters like Duncan, Monica McNutt, Angel Reese, Jemele Hill, Nancy Armour and others will never admit fault because of how deeply their resentment of Clark's success runs.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
An angel then killed 185,000 Assyrian idolaters.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of idolater

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