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a·pos·tate A0371800 (ə-pŏs′tāt′, -tĭt)n. One who has abandoned one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin apostata, from Greek apostatēs, from aphistanai, to revolt; see apostasy.] a·pos′tate′ adj.apostate (əˈpɒsteɪt; -tɪt) na person who abandons his religion, party, cause, etcadjguilty of apostasy apostatical, apostatic adja•pos•tate (əˈpɒs teɪt, -tɪt) n. 1. a person who commits apostasy. adj. 2. of or characterized by apostasy. [1300–50; < Late Latin apostata < Greek apostátēs (see apostasy)] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | apostate - a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.deserter, ratter, turncoat, recreant, renegadequitter - a person who gives up too easily | Adj. | 1. | apostate - not faithful to religion or party or causeunfaithful - not true to duty or obligation or promises; "an unfaithful lover" |
apostatenoun1. deserter, traitor, renegade, defector, heretic, turncoat, backslider, recreant (archaic) He was an early apostate, leaving the party last year.adjective1. disloyal, false, untrue, treacherous, unfaithful, heretical, faithless, backsliding, perfidious, traitorous, recreant the writings of apostate reformers like LutherapostatenounA person who has defected:defector, deserter, recreant, renegade, runagate, tergiversator, turncoat.Informal: rat.TranslationsapostatapostateapostataотступникEncyclopediaSeeapostasyapostateenUK Related to apostate: Julian the ApostateSynonyms for apostatenoun deserterSynonyms- deserter
- traitor
- renegade
- defector
- heretic
- turncoat
- backslider
- recreant
adj disloyalSynonyms- disloyal
- false
- untrue
- treacherous
- unfaithful
- heretical
- faithless
- backsliding
- perfidious
- traitorous
- recreant
Synonyms for apostatenoun a person who has defectedSynonyms- defector
- deserter
- recreant
- renegade
- runagate
- tergiversator
- turncoat
- rat
Synonyms for apostatenoun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etcSynonyms- deserter
- ratter
- turncoat
- recreant
- renegade
Related Wordsadj not faithful to religion or party or causeRelated Words |