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

Noun

a supporter or follower

Adjective

sticking or attached

adherence n

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 1. supporter, fan, advocate, follower, admirer, partisan, disciple, protagonist, devotee, henchman, hanger-on, upholder, sectary << OPPOSITE opponent

adjective 2. adhering, holding, sticking, clinging, sticky, tacky, adhesive, tenacious, glutinous, gummy, gluey, mucilaginous

Translations

adherent [ədˈhɪərənt] n → partidario/a