adherent
adherent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Attached as an attribute or circumstance.
- 2.(Bot.) Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.
- 3.One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.
- 4.That which adheres; an appendage. [R.] Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abettor
- accessory
- accomplice
- adjunct
- adjutant
- adjuvant
- advocate
- after
- ally
- alter
- angel
- assistant
- associate
- auxiliary
- backer
- candle
- champion
- clerk
- coadjutor
- coadjutrix
- collaborator
- colleague
- complice
- confederate
- confidant
- confrere
- cooperator
- court
- criminal
- dupe
- ego
- entertainment
- fact
- friend
- genius
- girl
- gopher
- guardian
- hand
- handmaid
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is adherent.
- What is attached as an attribute or circumstance called?
- What is congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals called?
- What is one who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church called?
- What is that which adheres; an appendage. [R.] Milton called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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