noun
Meaning 1
A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She's a believer in life after death.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
believer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /bɪˈlivɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /bɪˈliːvə/
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rhymes with -iːvə(ɹ)
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noun
Meaning 2
a person who has religious faith
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: worshiper, worshipper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religious person
Narrower terms: theist, devil worshiper, monotheist, mystic, religious mystic, numerologist, pantheist, pilgrim, sun worshiper, theosophist
noun
Meaning 3
a supporter who accepts something as true
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: truster
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
Narrower terms: abiogenist, apostle, colonialist, Confucian, Confucianist, evolutionist, imperialist, Malthusian, vitalist
History
Etymology
From Middle English bilevar, bileever, belever, equivalent to believe + -er.
Across languages
Translations
105 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: besimtar — person who believes
- Arabic: مُؤْمِن (muʔmin) — person who believes
- Arabic: مُؤْمِنَة (muʔmina) — person who believes
- Asturian: creyente — person who believes
- Azerbaijani: mömin — person who believes
- Azerbaijani: dindar — person who believes
- Bashkir: мөьмин (möʹmin) — person who believes
- Belarusian: ве́руючы (vjérujučy) — person who believes
- Belarusian: ве́руючая (vjérujučaja) — person who believes
- Bengali: আস্তিক (astik) — person who believes
- Bengali: মুমিন (mumin) — person who believes
- Bulgarian: вя́рващ (vjárvašt) — person who believes
- Catalan: creient — person who believes
- Chinese: мәмин (məmin) — person who believes
- Chinese Mandarin: 信徒 (xìntú) — person who believes
- Chinese Mandarin: 教徒 (jiàotú) — person who believes
- Ngazidja Comorian: mndru yaamini — person who believes
- Czech: věřící — person who believes
- Danish: troende — person who believes
- Dutch: gelovige — person who believes
- Finnish: uskova — person who believes
- Finnish: uskovainen — person who believes
- French: croyant — person who believes
- French: croyante — person who believes
- Galician: crente — person who believes
- Galician: fiel — person who believes
- Georgian: მორწმუნე (morc̣mune) — person who believes
- German: Gläubiger — person who believes
- German: Gläubige — person who believes
- Greek: πιστός (pistós) — person who believes
- Hebrew: מַאֲמִין (ma'amín) — person who believes
- Hindi: आस्तिक (āstik) — person who believes
- Hindi: मूमिन (mūmin) — person who believes
- Irish: creidmheach — person who believes
- Italian: credente — person who believes
- Japanese: 信徒 (shinto) — person who believes
- Japanese: 信者 (shinja) — person who believes
- Japanese: 教徒 (kyōto) — person who believes
- Kazakh: діншіл адам (dınşıl adam) — person who believes
- Khmer: សាសនិក (saasaʼnɨk) — person who believes
- Khmer: សាសនិកា (saasaʼnikaa) — person who believes
- Korean: 신도 (sindo) — person who believes
- Korean: 신자 (sinja) — person who believes
- Korean: 교인 (gyoin) — person who believes
- Korean: 교도 (gyodo) — person who believes
- Northern Kurdish: bawermend — person who believes
- Northern Kurdish: mûmin — person who believes
- Kyrgyz: динчил адам (dincil adam) — person who believes
- Lao: ຜູ້ເຊື່ອຖື (phū sư̄a thư̄) — person who believes
- Lao: ອຸບາສົກ (ʼu bā sok) — person who believes
- Lao: ອຸບາສິກາ (ʼu bā si kā) — person who believes
- Macedonian: верник (vernik) — person who believes
- Macedonian: верничка (vernička) — person who believes
- Malay: mumin — person who believes
- Malay: mukmin — person who believes
- Malayalam: വിശ്വാസി (viśvāsi) — person who believes
- Navajo: oodláanii — person who believes
- Norman: croyant — person who believes
- Norwegian Bokmål: troende — person who believes
- Norwegian Nynorsk: truande — person who believes
- Oromo: amanaa — person who believes
- Pashto: مومن (momén) — person who believes
- Persian: مؤمن (mo'men) — person who believes
- Polish: wierzący — person who believes
- Polish: wierny — person who believes
- Polish: wyznawca — person who believes
- Polish: wyznawczyni — person who believes
- Portuguese: crente — person who believes
- Portuguese: acreditador — person who believes
- Portuguese: acreditadora — person who believes
- Romanian: credincios — person who believes
- Romanian: credincioasă — person who believes
- Russian: ве́рующий (vérujuščij) — person who believes
- Russian: ве́рующая (vérujuščaja) — person who believes
- Scottish Gaelic: creidmheach — person who believes
- Serbo-Croatian: ве̑рнӣк — person who believes
- Serbo-Croatian: вје̑рнӣк — person who believes
- Serbo-Croatian: vȇrnīk — person who believes
- Serbo-Croatian: vjȇrnīk — person who believes
- Slovak: veriaci — person who believes
- Slovene: vernik — person who believes
- Slovene: vernica — person who believes
- Spanish: creyente — person who believes
- Swahili: muumini — person who believes
- Swedish: troende — person who believes
- Tajik: муъмин (mu'min) — person who believes
- Tajik: мӯъмин (mü'min) — person who believes
- Tatar: мөъмин (möʺmin) — person who believes
- Thai: ผู้เชื่อ — person who believes
- Thai: ผู้ศรัทธา — person who believes
- Thai: ศาสนิกชน (sǎa-sà-ník-gà-chon) — person who believes
- Turkish: mümin — person who believes
- Turkish: inanan — person who believes
- Turkmen: mömin — person who believes
- Ukrainian: ві́руючий (vírujučyj) — person who believes
- Ukrainian: ві́руюча (vírujuča) — person who believes
- Urdu: ماننے والا (mānne vālā) — person who believes
- Urdu: مومن (momin) — person who believes
- Uyghur: مۆمىن (mömin) — person who believes
- Uzbek: moʻmin — person who believes
- Uzbek: dindor — person who believes
- Vietnamese: tín đồ — person who believes
- Vietnamese: giáo đồ — person who believes
- Vietnamese: giáo dân — person who believes
- Yiddish: מאמין (maymen) — person who believes
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