Adjacent Words

Adherent definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADHE'RENT, a. Sticking, uniting, as glue or wax; united with, as an adherent mode in Locke, that is, a mode accidentally joined with an object, as wetness in a cloth.
ADHE'RENT, n. The person who adheres; one who follows a leader, party or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.
In the sense of appendage. Obs.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: sticking fast n
1: someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another [syn: disciple, adherent]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French adheirdant, adherent, from Latin adhaerent-, adhaerens, present participle of adhaer?re Date: 15th century 1. able or tending to adhere 2. connected or associated with especially by contract 3. adnate • adherently adverb II. noun Date: 15th century one that adheres: as a. a follower of a leader, party, or profession b. a believer in or advocate especially of a particular idea or church Synonyms: see follower

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 a supporter of a party, person, etc. 2 a devotee of an activity. --adj. 1 (foll. by to) faithfully observing a rule etc. 2 (often foll. by to) (of a substance) sticking fast. Derivatives: adherence n. Etymology: F adhérent (as ADHERE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Adherent Ad*her"ent, a. [L. adhaerens, -entis, p. pr.: cf. F. adh['e]rent.] 1. Sticking; clinging; adhering. --Pope. 2. Attached as an attribute or circumstance. 3. (Bot.) Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Adherent Ad*her"ent, n. 1. 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. 2. That which adheres; an appendage. [R.] --Milton. Syn: Follower; partisan; upholder; disciple; supporter; dependent; ally; backer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(adherents) An adherent is someone who holds a particular belief or supports a particular person or group. This idea is gaining adherents. = follower, supporter N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. Adhering, sticking, clinging. II. n. Follower, partisan, disciple, sectary, votary, supporter, dependant, vassal, retainer, henchman, satellite, acolyte, acolythe, acolyth.

Moby Thesaurus

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