true believers

noun

plural of true believer
1
as in partisans
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause they were true believers in an antimaterialist lifestyle, as evidenced by their lack of possessions

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2
as in proponents
a person who actively supports or favors a cause true believers who fought the good fight even when it was out of fashion

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Recent Examples of true believers Yes, there is a 131-cube engine option for the true believers. — New Atlas, 6 July 2026 On June 13, hundreds of true believers gathered at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California dressed in colorful, reflective, space-age outfits to watch a film and celebrate the existence of aliens. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 29 June 2026 SpaceX is fine; there are enough true believers for the balance sheet to be irrelevant. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 June 2026 The Courant has reported some colonists were not exactly thrilled by the notion of severing ties with England and that true believers in independence probably initially were in the minority, as with all revolutions. — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026 These guys are lifers, true believers, a family affair. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026 Tales of what happened at Roswell have grown in the telling so that it’s now seen as a keystone event by many true believers in the alien origins of unidentified flying objects (UFOs). — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 12 June 2026 Some of those buyers are expected to be Elon Musk true believers who hold on to the shares, while others could sell them for a quick profit when trading starts on Friday. — Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 Trump’s intraparty victims are not true believers in MAGA thought, if such an ideology even exists. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for true believers
  1. partisans
  2. proponents
  3. militants
  4. supporters
  5. activists
  6. advocates
  7. crusaders
  8. exponents
Noun
  • Reynolds tracks the willingness of northern partisans—Carl Schurz, Horace Greeley, Lyman Trumbull, and even Sumner himself—to abandon that cause by the dwindling references to Jamestown and Plymouth.
    — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, partisans continued to spar over dozens of Republican bills that would allow voters to lower property taxes for homeowners by raising sales taxes on everyone.
    — David Wickert, AJC.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of partisans
Noun
  • Trump’s proponents may argue these definitions are ageing, and precedents have been set in recent years that leave the battlefield a wholly more callous place.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Among Miami’s billionaires, Griffin has become one of the city’s most vocal proponents.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Definition of proponents
Noun
  • In that environment, Hezbollah emerged from a network of Shiite Islamist militants, making its dramatic entry into the war by attacking an Israel military base in 1982.
    — Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026
  • Following military coups, the juntas in the three countries turned from Western allies to Russia for help combating Islamic militants.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Definition of militants
Noun
  • While Rodriguez and other supporters have pushed to preserve the unit, critics of expanding Sheriff’s Office funding argue that the county should instead invest in social and community services.
    — Reeti Malhotra July 13, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
  • Opposing fans and supporters alike have hurled racist abuse at Mbappé.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
Definition of supporters
Noun
  • In recent years, thanks to the work of scholars, artists, and local activists, public awareness of the violence of 1898 has increased.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
  • Soon after Kushner announced his project, environmental activists began objecting to its potential ecological implications.
    — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026
Definition of activists
Noun
  • There was, however, criticism of the deal among legal and immigrant advocates.
    — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • If Sherwood-area schools break away from the Pulaski County Special School District, the new school district would be the state's 16th-largest by enrollment, according to a feasibility study commissioned by Sherwood public school advocates.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 July 2026
Definition of advocates
Noun
  • The book is full of stories of villains, like the venomous heroin that took so many of Seattle’s crusaders as well as the music industry that never quite understood where Soundgarden belonged.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 June 2026
  • The facility remains popular among anti-immigrant crusaders, and Attorney General Uthmeier’s campaign store sells Alligator Alcatraz bumper stickers, T-shirts, and caps.
    — Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
Definition of crusaders
Noun
  • This movement, known as critical legal studies, was associated with the political left, and its exponents, known as crits, loved to disparage liberal theorists’ devotion to the Constitution as naïve and counterproductive.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Of course, Huang wasn’t talking to just anyone, but one of the chief exponents of the wealth tax, nationwide and in California.
    — Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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“True believers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/true%20believers. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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