Adherent
/ædˈ(h)ɪɹ.ənt/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Common ·Middle school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who has membership in some group, association, or religion.
- 2 someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Adhesive, sticking to something.
"Close to the cliff with both his hands he clung And stuck adherent, and suspended hung."
- 2 Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
- 3 Attaching or pressing against a different organ.
- 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 sticking fast wordnet
Example
More examples"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”).