noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈwɜːʃɪpə/
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General-American:/ˈwɝʃɪpɚ/
1
noun
Meaning 1
A person who worships, especially at a place of assembly for religious services.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The temple was filled with worshippers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
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: believer, worshiper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religious person
Narrower terms: theist, devil worshiper, monotheist, mystic, religious mystic, numerologist, pantheist, pilgrim, sun worshiper, theosophist
3
noun
Meaning 3
someone who admires too much to recognize faults
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: worshiper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: admirer, adorer
Narrower terms: hero worshiper, hero worshipper
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wirshiper, worchyppar, worscheper, worschepour, worschiper, worschippar, worshipore; equivalent to worship + -er.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
عَابِد
(ʕābid)
— person who worships
Bulgarian:
богомолец
(bogomolec)
— person who worships
Chinese Mandarin:
信徒
(xìntú)
— person who worships
Esperanto:
adoranto
— person who worships
Esperanto:
adorantino
— person who worships
Finnish:
palvoja
— person who worships
Finnish:
jumalanpalvelukseen osallistuva
— person who worships
Finnish:
kirkkokansa
— person who worships
French:
fidèle
— person who worships
French:
adorateur
— person who worships
French:
adoratrice
— person who worships
German:
Anbeter
— person who worships
German:
Anbeterin
— person who worships
Greek:
λάτρης
(látris)
— person who worships
Greek:
λάτρισσα
(látrissa)
— person who worships
Hindi:
भक्त
(bhakt)
— person who worships
Hindi:
उपासक
(upāsak)
— person who worships
Hindi:
पुजारी
(pujārī)
— person who worships
Hungarian:
imádó
— person who worships
Irish:
adhraitheoir
— person who worships
Irish:
adhróir
— person who worships
Italian:
adoratore
— person who worships
Italian:
adoratrice
— person who worships
Italian:
veneratore
— person who worships
Italian:
veneratrice
— person who worships
Italian:
devoto
— person who worships
Italian:
devota
— person who worships
Italian:
fedele
— person who worships
Central Kurdish:
پەرست
(persit)
— person who worships
Latin:
cultor
— person who worships
Latin:
cultrīx
— person who worships
Latin:
sacricola
— person who worships
Latin:
adōrātor
— person who worships
Latin:
adōrātrīx
— person who worships
Māori:
kaikoropiko
— person who worships
Plautdietsch:
Aunbäda
— person who worships
Polish:
czciciel
— person who worships
Polish:
czcicielka
— person who worships
Polish:
wyznawca
— person who worships
Polish:
wyznawczyni
— person who worships
Portuguese:
adorador
— person who worships
Portuguese:
adoradora
— person who worships
Portuguese:
devoto
— person who worships
Portuguese:
devota
— person who worships
Russian:
почита́тель
(počitátelʹ)
— person who worships
Russian:
почита́тельница
(počitátelʹnica)
— person who worships
Russian:
покло́нник
(poklónnik)
— person who worships
Russian:
покло́нница
(poklónnica)
— person who worships
Spanish:
adorador
— person who worships
Spanish:
adoradora
— person who worships
Spanish:
devoto
— person who worships
Spanish:
devota
— person who worships
Spanish:
fiel
— person who worships
Ukrainian:
покло́нник
(poklónnyk)
— person who worships
Ukrainian:
покло́нниця
(poklónnycja)
— person who worships
