worshipper

noun

variants or worshiper
Definition of worshippernext
as in devotee

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Recent Examples of worshipper The fire caused extensive damage to the synagogue and a worshipper sustained minor injuries. — ABC News, 19 June 2026 The worshiper was praying outside the Baitul Mamur Mosque and Community Center on Glenmore Ave. — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026 The fire caused widespread damage and injured one worshipper. — Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worshipper
  1. devotee
  2. idolater
  3. fan
  4. cultist
  5. enthusiast
  6. zealot
  7. admirer
  8. votary
Noun
  • During the annual Shivaratri festival in Nepal in spring, devotees freely smoke joints at the temples of the revered Hindu god Shiva.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Trump devotees are left with incomplete (at best) information.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of devotee
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
Noun
  • Despite sweltering heat, their meticulously choreographed one hour set on the Allianz stage, broadcast globally via the festival's Hulu/Disney+ livestream, captivated hundreds of fans waving Filipino flags.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • And even ‘Warcraft’ has a number of fans that think that film got a bad rap.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of fan
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
  • Joe Conti, an independent researcher and physics enthusiast based in Massachusetts, is inviting eclipse observers across Iceland and Spain to capture the optical mystery on their smartphones as part of a citizen science project.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Design After endless diatribes about the quirky lines of Ferrari’s all-electric Luce, the marque’s enthusiasts will find that the Amalfi Spider’s long-hood, raked-screen, and open-top lines are comfortingly familiar and unquestionably gorgeous.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of enthusiast
Noun
  • Continue reading … POWER RECLAIMED — Congress moves to unshackle states from California's ‘climate zealots’.
    — , FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Democrats looking for a way to reclaim their party can find inspiration in the career of Neil Kinnock, who in the mid-1980s rescued the British Labour Party from a determined band of sectarian zealots.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
Definition of zealot
Noun
  • Brown is a longtime admirer of Buffett; in 2024, Zac Brown Band performed as part of the Jimmy Buffett tribute concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The same cannot be said about Mira Sorvino, who’s a longtime admirer of the late star and played the version of Monroe the world knows best in Norma Jean & Marilyn.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 29 July 2026
Definition of admirer
Noun
  • But the fate of the votary is to require and receive a constant renewal of faith.
    — Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Many remember the Cultural Revolution as a time of Red Guard excess—of the people terrorizing the votaries of the party.
    — Mary Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
Definition of votary

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“Worshipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worshipper. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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