believer

Examples

• All

• You know, I have always been a great believer in the truth.

  The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

• I'm a great believer in family.

  Striptease (1996)

• But you made me a believer.

  Gran Turismo (2023)

• And I'm a firm believer that God is love.

  Stephan Speaks

• I'm a firm believer in karma.

  The Bling Ring (2013)

• Oralee says she is a firm believer in making do with what you've got.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Was she a believer?

  Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

• The Stoics are great believers in the force of habit.

• Population control, for example, is anathema to billions of religious believers around the world.

  Academic text (2011)

• As a devoted believer, she attends church every Sunday.

Synonyms

C

Christian

vsbeliever

746 1.0

A person who believes in Jesus Christ and follows his teachings

accepts religious truth broadly rather than being limited to this specific faith

R

religious person

vsbeliever

48 2.3

A person who strongly believes in a faith and follows its ways

accepts religious ideas as true but is defined more by devotion

W

worshiper

vsbeliever

• US

22 3.2

A person who goes to a place like a church to show respect to someone they think is holy

accepts religious truths as true rather than focusing mainly on acts of reverence

R

religionist

vsbeliever

6 8.4

A person who strongly follows and practices a religion

accepts religious claims as true but is less about formal practice

D

dualist

vsbeliever

2 8.2

A person who believes the mind and body are different kinds of things

accepts ideas as true generally rather than endorsing this twofold ontology

P

polytheist

vsbeliever

2 7.4

A person who believes in or worships many gods

accepts religious ideas as true generally rather than focusing on many gods

M

monotheist

vsbeliever

1 6.1

A person who believes there is only one God

accepts ideas as true generally, not limited to belief in one god

T

theosophist

vsbeliever

1 9.9

A person who studies or follows a spiritual teaching about God and the world

accepts ideas as true generally rather than following this mystical philosophy

T

Trinitarian

vsbeliever

1 9.8

A person who believes God exists as three persons called Father, Son and Holy Spirit

accepts religious claims broadly rather than endorsing this specific doctrine

T

truster

vsbeliever

1 5.6

A person who often trusts other people or things

accepts or supports ideas as true based on judgment rather than personal trust

F

fundi

vsbeliever

• South African

1 9.5

A person who knows a subject very well or strongly supports it

accepts ideas as true without implying expert status

F

fideist

vsbeliever

• Specialized

1 9.9

A person who believes religious faith is more important than reason

accepts beliefs as true without insisting that faith outranks reason

M

modalist

vsbeliever

• Specialized

1 9.9

A person who believes God appears in different forms rather than as three persons

accepts religious claims generally rather than this specific view of divine unity

O

occasionalist

vsbeliever

• Specialized

1 9.9

A person who believes God alone causes events

accepts factual claims generally rather than asserting God causes every event

Antonyms

N

nonbeliever

12 5.2

A person who does not believe in God or in any religion

How Committed

fanatic

18 4.3

devotee

28 6.0

believer

335 3.2

supporter

810 1.0

sympathizer

34 4.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology