| 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: | adherent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supporter or follower |
Synonyms: |
advocate, aficionado, backer, believer, card-carrying member, devotee, disciple, enthusiast, fan, hanger-on |
| Main Entry: | admirer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who holds someone in high regard |
Synonyms: |
adherent, beau, believer, booster, boyfriend, buff, bug*, cat*, devotee, disciple, enthusiast, fan, fancier, fiend*, follower, freak*, girlfriend, groupie, hound, junkie, lover, nut*, partisan, patron, rooter, suitor, supporter, swain, sweetheart, wooer, worshiper |
Antonyms: |
critic, enemy, opponent |
| 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: | client |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | customer |
Synonyms: |
applicant, believer, buyer, chump, consumer, dependent, disciple, follower, front, habitué, head, mark, patient, patron, protégé, protégée, purchaser, shopper, walk-in, ward |
Antonyms: |
manager, owner |
| Main Entry: | cohort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | partner in activity |
Synonyms: |
accomplice, adherent, aide, ally, assistant, associate, companion, company, comrade, confrere, consociate, contingent, disciple, follower, friend, hand, legion, mate, myrmidon, pal, partisan, regiment, satellite, sidekick, stall, supporter |
Antonyms: |
enemy, opponent |
| Main Entry: | congregation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assembled group, especially concerned with church-going |
Synonyms: |
aggregation, assemblage, assembly, audience, churchgoers, collection, company, confab, crowd, disciples, flock, following, gathering, get-together, group, host, laity, meet, meeting, multitude, muster, parish, parishioners, public, sit-in, throng, turnout |
| Main Entry: | contingent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of followers |
Synonyms: |
batch, body, bunch, deputation, detachment, disciples, mission, quota, sect, section, set |
| Main Entry: | convert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | new believer |
Synonyms: |
catechumen, disciple, follower, neophyte, novice, novitiate, proselyte |
| Main Entry: | devotee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ardent supporter; fan |
Synonyms: |
addict, adherent, admirer, aficionado, amateur, believer, booster, buff, disciple, enthusiast, fanatic, fancier, fiend, follower, groupie, habitué, junkie, lover, rooter, supporter, votarient, votary |
Antonyms: |
adversary, antagonist, enemy |