Adherent synonyms

ăd-hîr'ənt, -hĕr'-

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supporter
(Sports) Someone who attends a sports match.
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partisan
A member of an organized body of fighters who attack or harass an enemy, especially within occupied territory; a guerrilla.
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heraclitean
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follower
One who accepts the guidance, command, or leadership of another:
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backer
A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Cornelis Andries Backer (1874-1963).
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See syn. study at (related)
someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
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-ist
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-ite
A suffix used to form the names of minerals, such as hematite and malachite.
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acolyte
The definition of an acolyte is a person who attends to the altar in church and assists in the performance of liturgical rites.
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ally
A plant, animal, or thing closely related in structure, etc. to another
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believer
A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
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disciple
A member of the Disciples of Christ
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henchman
A member of a criminal gang.
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pupil
Pupil is defined as a dark circular opening in the center of the iris in the eye.
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upholder
Someone who upholds something
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votary
A person devoted to a particular religion or object of worship; devout worshiper
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cohort
An associate, colleague, or supporter
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minion
A subordinate official, especially a servile one.
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satellite
(Colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology. [from 20th c.]
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over (related)
Something in addition; excess; surplus
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precede (related)
precede (plural precedes) Brief editorial preface (usually to an article or essay)
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berkeleian
Of George Berkeley or his philosophy
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cartesian
Of Descartes or his philosophical or mathematical ideas
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eleatic
Of or relating to a certain school of Ancient Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason.
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hegelian
Of or pertaining to the ideas of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
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kierkegaardian
Of or pertaining to the Danish philosopher Kierkegaard or his existentialist philosophy.
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scotist
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socratist
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thomist
Of or relating to Thomism.
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existentialist
Of or pertaining to existentialism.
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organicist
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vitalist
Of or espousing vitalism, the doctrine that life cannot be entirely reduced to physical and chemical factors
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averroist
Any peripatetic philosopher belonging to a certain sect that appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning.
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comtist
A follower of Comtism.
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eretrian
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fichtean
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heideggerian
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herbartian
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husserlian
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kantian
(Philosophy) A person who subscribes to philosophical views associated with Immanuel Kant.
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leibnizian
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megarian
Someone from Megara.
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neo-hegelian
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neo-pythagorean
Alternative form of Neopythagorean.
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neoplatonist
(Philosophy) A member of the philosophical school of Neoplatonism. [from 19th c.]
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parmenidean
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sartrian
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spencerian
A follower of Herbert Spencer.
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spinozist
(Philosophy) An adherent of or a specialist in the study of the philosophical doctrines of Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677).
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wittgensteinian
One who believes or follows the principles of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
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bulldog
A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies companion dog. Having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs and smaller hind legs.
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claqueur
One of the claque employed to applaud at a theatre.
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cosmotheist
A proponent of cosmotheism.
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dualist
Any person who believes in or argues for the duality of something
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essentialist
An advocate of essentialism
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eulogizer
A person who eulogizes
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hylomorphist
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immaterialist
A supporter of the philosophy of immaterialism.
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intuitionist
A person who studies intuitionistic mathematics
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mechanist
One who believes in the doctrine of mechanism.
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monist
An advocate of monism.
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nominalist
An adherent of any of the various kinds of nominalism.
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ontologist
(Philosophy) A scholar or theorist of ontology, or an adherent of a particular ontological doctrine.
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panpsychist
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psychist
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remora
Anything that hinders or impedes
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sensationalist
One who believes or espouses sensationalism
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sensist
One who holds to the philosophy of sensism.
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substantialist
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syncretist
One who attempts syncretism, the fusion of different systems or beliefs.
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trainbearer
An attendant who holds up the train of a robe or gown, as in a procession.
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sect (related)
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sympathizer (related)
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co-religionist (related)
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dissenter (related)
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monophysites (related)
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Adherent Sentence Examples

  • In theology Collier was an adherent of the High Church party, though his views were by no means orthodox.

  • Dreyfus, an adherent of the BAN faith.

  • Paul Kruger, who lived near Rustenburg, became a strong adherent of the new church.

  • He was at first an adherent of Daniel D.

  • A firm adherent of the Church of Rome, Sigismund was successful in obtaining aid from the pope.

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