Adherent

//ædˈ(h)ɪɹ.ənt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who has membership in some group, association, or religion.
  2. 2
    someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Adhesive, sticking to something.

    "Close to the cliff with both his hands he clung And stuck adherent, and suspended hung."

  2. 2
    Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
  3. 3
    Attaching or pressing against a different organ.
  4. 4
    Showing adherence to a treatment.

    "Half (49.9%) of patients were adherent to their regimens, 42.6% were underadherent, and 7.6% had medication oversupply."

Adjective
  1. 1
    sticking fast wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
adhesivediscipleaddictaddictadheringadmirer

Example

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"To an adherent of the Paleo diet, a bean salad is considered a menace to the universe to the likes of Nomad, an indestructible planet-destroying space probe from the original Star Trek series."

Etymology

From Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaereō (“to stick to, cling”).

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