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.
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Adherent
//ædˈ(h)ɪɹ.ənt//
Synonyms for "adherent" (210 found)
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Strong matches (63)
decalcomaniadeistdependentdevoteedialectical materialistdualistdummyeclecticegoisteleaticempiricistencomiastenthusiastepicureaneretrianessentialisteulogisteulogizerexistentialistextoller
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limpetlogical empiricistmanmarxistmaterialistmechanistmegarianmentalistminionmolassesmonistmucilagemyrmidonmysticnaturalistneo-hegelianneo-pythagoreanneoplatonistnominalistobstinate
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ontologistorganic mechanistorganicistpanegyristpanpsychistpantheistparasiteparmenideanpartisanpasteperipateticpersistentphysicistplasterplatonistpluggerpositivistpragmatistpraiserpricklepromoterproponentpsychistpublicpufferpuppetpursuerpursuivantpyrrhonistpythagoreanrationalistrealistremoraretainerrootersartriansatellitescholasticscotistsectariansectarysecular humanistsensationalistsensistservantshadowskepticsocratistsophistspencerianspinoziststickerstickystoicstoogestubbornsubstantialistsuccessorsupportersycophantsyncretistsyruptackytagtailtailtenacioustheistthomistthornthugtoughtouttoutertrainbearertranscendentalistupholderutilitarianviscidvitalistvoluntaristvotaryward heelerwittgensteinianzealotzetetic
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5 entriesderived
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1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
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8 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
76 translations across 27 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- лепкав adj (adhesive)
- прилепнал adj (that has the quality of clinging)
- аде́пт noun (a person who has membership in some group)
- привъ́рженик noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Catalan
4 entries- adherent adj (adhesive)
- adherent adj (that has the quality of clinging)
- adhesiu adj (adhesive)
- adherent noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Czech
4 entries- přívrženec noun (a person who has membership in some group)
- příznivec noun (a person who has membership in some group)
- stoupenec noun (a person who has membership in some group)
- člen noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Danish
2 entries- klæbende adj (adhesive)
- anhænger noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Esperanto
4 entries- glua adj (adhesive)
- gluiva adj (adhesive)
- gluiĝiva adj (that has the quality of clinging)
- adepto noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Finnish
4 entries- adherentti adj (that has the quality of clinging)
- kiinnittyvä adj (adhesive)
- tarttuva adj (that has the quality of clinging)
- jäsen noun (a person who has membership in some group)
French
1 entries- adhérent noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Georgian
1 entries- მომხრე noun (a person who has membership in some group)
German
4 entries- anhaftend adj (adhesive)
- anhängend adj (that has the quality of clinging)
- klebend adj (adhesive)
- Anhänger noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Greek
1 entries- οπαδός noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Hungarian
3 entries- ragadós adj (adhesive)
- követő noun (a person who has membership in some group)
- tag noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Ido
4 entries- adheranta adj (adhesive)
- adherema adj (adhesive)
- adheriva adj (adhesive)
- adheranto noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Interlingua
1 entries- adherente noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Italian
1 entries- aderente noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Latin
1 entries- sectātor noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tilhenger noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ملازم adj (that has the quality of clinging)
Polish
4 entries- popleczniczka noun (a person who has membership in some group)
- poplecznik noun (a person who has membership in some group)
- stronniczka noun (a person who has membership in some group)
- stronnik noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Portuguese
3 entries- aderente adj (adhesive)
- adesivo adj (adhesive)
- aderente noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Romanian
2 entries- aderent adj (adhesive)
- aderent noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Russian
4 entries- кле́йкий adj (adhesive)
- ли́пкий adj (adhesive)
- приве́рженец noun (a person who has membership in some group)
- приве́рженка noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- leanmhainn adj (adhesive)
- leanmhainn adj (that has the quality of clinging)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- adhèrent noun (a person who has membership in some group)
- prìstalica noun (a person who has membership in some group)
- prȉstaša noun (a person who has membership in some group)
- slȅdbenīk m/sljȅdbenīk noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Spanish
3 entries- adherente adj (that has the quality of clinging)
- adhesivo adj (adhesive)
- adherente noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Swedish
1 entries- anhängare noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Turkish
1 entries- üye noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Volapük
1 entries- züpel noun (a person who has membership in some group)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Buddhism, unlike other religions, is not theocentric or god-centred, but it does not preclude an adherent from believing in the existence of gods.
Source: tatoeba (10303350)
I'm not an adherent of Islam.
Source: tatoeba (11184353)
Close to the cliff with both his hands he clung And stuck adherent, and suspended hung.
Source: wiktionary
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