Apostate synonyms
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One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
one of little faith
backslider
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
traitor (related)
The definition of a traitor is someone who betrays a country, cause or a friend.
(Ecclesiastical) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
A person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who publicly dissents from the officially accepted dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.
A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
A runaway; fugitive or deserter
A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance.
adherent (antonym)
Adherent is defined as a person who follows something or someone, like an cause or a strong leader.
loyalist (antonym)
A person who is loyal; esp., one who supports the country's established government during times of revolt
(Archaic) A coward.
One who tergiversates
The definition of a rat is a rodent with a lengthy tail, or is slang for a sneaky person.
approach (related)
The method used in dealing with or accomplishing:
One that catches or kills rats:
sabbath-breaker
mugwump
Any independent, esp. in politics
renegado
Archaic form of renegade.
renegate
reversionist
sacrilegist
One who is guilty of sacrilege.
turntail
Find another word for apostate. In this page you can discover 28 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for apostate, like: renegade, one of little faith, backslider, defector, deserter, traitor, disloyal, dissident, faithless, heretic and pervert.