IDOLIZERS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

idolizers

noun

plural of idolizer

as in followers

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Noun

In Rivera’s video, the person behind the camera can be heard asking followers to amplify the video and tag local immigrant advocacy groups.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Mackenzie was charged with the murders alongside 28 of his followers, including guards who enforced his fasting directives and gravediggers who helped conceal the mass graves.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of followers

Noun

One of the 72 disciples appointed by Jesus who is traditionally believed to be the young man fleeing naked at Jesus’ arrest.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Mitchell had told her EIN disciples not to worry after Wiles’ brush off.

— Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of disciples

Noun

Many le Carré fans adore the books as an antidote to the glossy, high-octane adventures of Ian Fleming’s superspy, James Bond.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
For a long time, fans thought the song was originally written for Selena Quintanilla, though Pulido dispelled the rumors in an interview.

— Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of fans

Noun

Also in attendance was Thirstin Howl III, credited as the founder of the Lo Lifes, a group of Polo devotees established in Brooklyn in the late 1980s, and co-author of Bury Me with the Lo On.

— Zachary Weiss, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2026
The Sikh Parade, first held in 1980, is set to begin Sunday morning with a procession led by a float carrying the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy scripture, followed by thousands of devotees, according to the event’s website.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of devotees

Noun

Its officials view questions of morality as a costly sideshow, the remit of woolly-minded idealists who do not understand how the world works.

— David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026
Witty, bitter, flamboyant, and emotionally grounded, the dialogue swings, delightfully, between intimate exchanges and grandiloquent soliloquies, capturing the vulnerability of idealists in the face of evil.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of idealists

Noun

Dylan’s sneer and Mick Ronson’s guitar jab like fingers in some intense argument, trying to win the pyrrhic victory of a lovers’ quarrel.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2026
Now comes Netflix’s spin on the romantic comedy to end all romantic comedies, starring Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden as the characters at the center of literature’s original enemies-to-lovers trope.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of lovers

Noun

Harbach’s cast of strivers and dreamers included dazzling baseball shortstop Henry Skrimshander, his mentor Mike Schwartz, and Pella Affenlight, who made up a love triangle.

— Malcolm Forbes, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2026
The youth of the country, along with some dreamers and fighters, were the ones pushing it forward little by little.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of dreamers

Noun

Eighty years ago, two Philadelphia visionaries started The Links, Incorporated to help the Black community in every aspect of life.

— Krystle Rich, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
In 2015, Greg had left his position as Stripe’s chief technology officer to cofound OpenAI with 10 fellow visionaries out of his San Francisco living room.

— Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026

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