| Main Entry: | apostle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preacher; supporter |
Synonyms: |
advocate, champion, companion, converter, evangelist, follower, herald, messenger, missionary, pioneer, propagandist, proponent, proselytizer, witness |
| Main Entry: | advocate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person supporting an idea or cause publicly |
Synonyms: |
apostle, attorney, backer, campaigner, champion, counsel, defender, exponent, expounder, lawyer, pleader, promoter, proponent, proposer, speaker, spokesperson, supporter, upholder |
Antonyms: |
antagonist, assailant, enemy, opposition, protestor |
| Main Entry: | believer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has faith in something |
Synonyms: |
acceptor, adherent, apostle, canonist, convert, devotee, disciple, doctrinaire, dogmatist, follower, freak, orthodox, prophet, proselyte, religionist, religious person, supporter, upholder, zealot |
Antonyms: |
agnostic, atheist, disbeliever, non-believer |
| Main Entry: | disciple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believer, follower |
Synonyms: |
adherent, apostle, attendant, booster, buff, bug*, catechumen, cohort, convert, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, freak, groupie, hound, junkie, learner, nut*, partisan, proselyte, pupil, rooter, satellite, sectary, sectator, student, supporter, votary, witness, zealot |
Antonyms: |
god |
| Main Entry: | follower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who believes or has great interest |
Synonyms: |
addict, adherent, admirer, advocate, apostle, attendant, backer, believer, bootlicker, buff, client, cohort, companion, convert, copycat, devotee, disciple, fan, fancier, freak*, habitué, hanger-on, helper, imitator, lackey, member, minion, parasite, participant, partisan, patron, promoter, proselyte, protégé, pupil, representative, satellite, sectary, servant, sidekick, stooge, supporter, sycophant, toady, vassal, votary, worshiper, zealot |
Antonyms: |
leader |
| Main Entry: | missionary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who aids, does religious work |
Synonyms: |
apostle, clergy, clergyperson, converter, evangelist, herald, messenger, minister, missioner, pastor, preacher, promoter, propagandist, proselytizer, revivalist, teacher |
| Main Entry: | propagandist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spreader of misinformation |
Synonyms: |
activist, advocator, apostle, missionary, proponent |
| Main Entry: | missioner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | missionary |
Synonyms: |
apostle, clergy, clergyperson, converter, evangelist, herald, messenger, minister, pastor, preacher, promoter, propagandist, proselytizer, revivalist, teacher |