VOTARIST Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

votarist

noun

ˈvō-tə-rist

Definition of votarist

as in adherent

one who follows the opinions or teachings of another votarists of the literary critic seemed to have penetrated the English department of every university in the country

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Noun

Many liberals had been disciplined to adopt methods that purported to strictly confine legal interpretation, only to discover that their most prominent adherents, whether covertly or unconsciously, had other plans.

— Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
Bridgers is a strict adherent to Attenborough’s Law.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026

Definition of adherent

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The mom of two shares videos and photos of her fashion creations and her daughters wearing them with over 29,000 TikTok followers.

— Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
In 1776, the year the Declaration of Independence was signed, Quakers made a formal stance against slavery, prohibiting followers of the faith from engaging in the institution.

— Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 3 July 2026

Definition of follower

Noun

The text is a philosophical treatise on ethics and human moral progress, and the final column revealed the name Aristocreon, a nephew and disciple of the Stoic philosopher Chrysippus.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
Back in his coaching career, Cruyff was one of the first managers to be obsessed with the cut of the pitch — a trait that has passed over to his disciples, most notably the exacting Pep Guardiola.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 25 June 2026

Definition of disciple

Noun

Reynolds tracks the willingness of northern partisans—Carl Schurz, Horace Greeley, Lyman Trumbull, and even Sumner himself—to abandon that cause by the dwindling references to Jamestown and Plymouth.

— James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Meanwhile, partisans continued to spar over dozens of Republican bills that would allow voters to lower property taxes for homeowners by raising sales taxes on everyone.

— David Wickert, AJC.com, 23 June 2026

Definition of partisan

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