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BELIEVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who has religious faith
Synonyms:
believer; worshiper; worshipper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("believer" is a kind of...):
religious person (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "believer"):
theosophist (a believer in theosophy)
theist (one who believes in the existence of a god or gods)
devil worshiper (someone who worships devils)
monotheist (a believer in one god)
mystic; religious mystic (someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension)
numerologist (a believer in numerology)
pantheist (someone who believes that God and the universe are the same)
pilgrim (someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion)
sun worshiper (someone who worships the sun)
Holonyms ("believer" is a member of...):
denomination (a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith)
Derivation:
believe (follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A supporter who accepts something as true
Synonyms:
believer; truster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("believer" is a kind of...):
admirer; booster; champion; friend; protagonist; supporter (a person who backs a politician or a team etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "believer"):
abiogenist (a believer in abiogenesis)
apostle (an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform)
colonialist (a believer in colonialism)
Confucian; Confucianist (a believer in the teachings of Confucius)
evolutionist (a person who believes in organic evolution)
imperialist (a believer in imperialism)
Malthusian (a believer in Malthusian theory)
vitalist (one who believes in vitalism)
Derivation:
believe (accept as true; take to be true)
