adherent
Plural: adherents
Noun
- Someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas.
- someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
- A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.
Adjective Satellite
- sticking fast
Adj
- Adhesive, sticking to something.
- Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
- Attaching or pressing against a different organ.
- Showing adherence to a treatment.
Examples
- He was a firm adherent of the strategy of playing defensively.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaereō (“to stick to, cling”).
Scrabble Score: 12
adherent: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordadherent: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
adherent: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
adherent: valid Words With Friends Word