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

R

religious person

vsbeliever

38 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

19 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

5 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

1 7.4

A person who believes in or worships many gods

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

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

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

F

fundi

vsbeliever

• South African

9.5

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

accepts ideas as true without implying expert status

C

Christian

vsbeliever

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

F

fideist

vsbeliever

• Specialized

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

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

9.9

A person who believes God alone causes events

accepts factual claims generally rather than asserting God causes every event

Antonyms

N

nonbeliever

14 5.2

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

How Committed

fanatic

8 4.3

devotee

25 6.0

believer

343 3.2

supporter

817 1.0

sympathizer

37 4.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology