devotee

Noun

Meaning

One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

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Antonyms

gentile carper challenger booby libertine infidel
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Hypernyms

follower

Hyponyms

bacchanal aficionado groupie bacchant metalhead amorist

Phrases with the word

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Examples

A great devotee of the Gospel of Getting On. George Bernard Shaw

Although I am not myself a devotee of bigness for bigness sake, I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one. Aneurin Bevan

Some of my corresponents seem to think that I can work wonders. Let me say as a devotee of truth that I have no such gift. All the power I may have comes from God. But He does not work directly. He works through His numberless agencies. In this case it is the Congress. Mahatma Gandhi

Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire. Friedrich Nietzsche

A devotee sees only the Lord in all names and forms. Swami Sivananda

I am the bond slave of my devotee. I love devotion. He who withdraws his heart from the world and loves me is my true lover and he merges in Me like a river in the sea. Sai Baba of Shirdi

Close letter words and terms

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