adherent

ad·her·ent  (d-hîrnt, -hr-)

n.

A supporter, as of a cause or individual: a vote that pleased adherents of education reform.

adj.

1. Sticking or holding fast.

2. Botany Joined but not united. Used of dissimilar parts or organs.

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ad·herent·ly adv.

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adherent [ədˈhɪərənt]

n

(usually foll by of) a supporter or follower

adj

sticking, holding fast, or attached

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	adherent - someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another disciple Zen Buddhist - an adherent of the doctrines of Zen Buddhism Mahayanist - an adherent of Mahayana Buddhism Hinayanist - an adherent of Hinayana Buddhism Lamaist - (Buddhism) an adherent of Lamaism Tantrist - an adherent of Tantrism Jainist - a believer in Jainism Shintoist - a believer in Shintoism Rasta, Rastafarian - follower of Rastafarianism Mithraist - adherent of Mithraism Zoroastrian - follower of Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism absolutist - one who advocates absolutism amoralist - someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid animist - one who accepts the doctrine of animism antinomian - a follower of the doctrine of antinomianism Apostle - (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel Aristotelean, Aristotelian, Peripatetic - a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism Bahai - a teacher of or believer in Bahaism Tao, Taoist - an adherent of any branch of Taoism clericalist - one who advocates clericalism Donatist - an adherent of Donatism Druse, Druze - an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God; "a Druze is permitted to conform outwardly to the faith of the unbelievers among whom he lives" dualist - an adherent of dualism follower - a person who accepts the leadership of another Hussite - an adherent of the religious reforms of John Huss Ismaili, Ismailian - an adherent of Ismailism; a member of the Ismaili branch of Shiism Lutheran - follower of Lutheranism Mahdist - an adherent of Mahdism Manichaean, Manichean, Manichee - an adherent of Manichaeism Monophysite - an adherent of Monophysitism Neoplatonist - an adherent of Neoplatonism diabolist, Satanist - an adherent of Satan or Satanism Sikh - an adherent of Sikhism Socinian - an adherent of the teachings of Socinus; a Christian who rejects the divinity of Christ and the Trinity and original sin; influenced the development of Unitarian theology totalitarian - an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian government Unitarian - adherent of Unitarianism Trinitarian - adherent of Trinitarianism Arminian - adherent of Arminianism votary - a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity; "the cultured votary of science"
Adj.	1.	adherent - sticking fast adhesive - tending to adhere

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adherent

noun

supporter, fan, advocate, follower, admirer, partisan, disciple, protagonist, devotee, henchman, hanger-on, upholder, sectary Communism was gaining adherents in Latin America.
supporter opposition, rival, opposer, enemy, opponent, foe, adversary, antagonist, dissentient, disputant

adjective

adhering, holding, sticking, clinging, sticky, tacky, adhesive, tenacious, glutinous, gummy, gluey, mucilaginous a self-adherent bandage

Translations

adherent [ədˈhɪərənt]

A. ADJ → adhesivo, adherente

B. N (= person) → partidario/a m/f

adherent [ədˈhɪərənt] n (= follower, supporter) → adhérent(e) m/f, partisan(e) m/f
an adherent of sth, an adherent to sth [+ idea, theory] → un(e) partisan(e) de qch
an adherent of sth [+ party] → un(e) adhérent(e) de qch

adherent

n → Anhänger(in) m(f)

adherent [ədˈhɪər/ənt] n (person) → aderente m/f