Meanings
plural believers
- A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
She's a believer in life after death.
2 more examples
But the other two were, comparatively speaking, clean shaved, which of course gave the enemy a larger extent of open country to operate on, though in Mahomed's case the mosquitoes, recognising the taste of a true believer, would not touch him at any price.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLCA long list of thinkers, both believers and nonbelievers, have posited something like an innate religious instinct.
2009 February 28, Peter Steinfels, “Scandanavian Nonbelievers, Which Is Not to Say Atheists”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2022Synonyms: devotee, devotionalist, pietist, religioner, religionist, religitard, solifidian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who believes; especially regarding religion.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
- Proto-Germanic*bi
- Proto-Germanic*bi-
- Proto-West Germanic*bi-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*laubō
- Proto-Germanic*laubijaną
- Proto-West Germanic*laubijan
- Proto-West Germanic*bilaubijan
- Old Englishbelīefan
- Middle Englishbileven
- Englishbelieve
- Englishbeliever
From Middle English bilevar, bileever, belever, equivalent to believe + -er.
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Arabic مُؤْمِن, مُؤْمِنَة
- مُؤْمِن (muʔmin)person who believes
- مُؤْمِنَة (muʔmina)person who believes
Bengali আস্তিক, মুমিন
- আস্তিক (astik)person who believes
- মুমিন (mumin)person who believes
Bulgarian вярващ
- вярващ (vjarvašt)person who believes
Catalan creient
- creientperson who believes
Chinese Mandarin 信徒, 教徒
- 信徒 (xìntú)person who believes
- 教徒 (jiàotú)person who believes
Czech věřící
- věřícíperson who believes
Danish troende
- troendeperson who believes
Dutch gelovige
- gelovigeperson who believes
Finnish uskova, uskovainen
- uskovaperson who believes
- uskovainenperson who believes
French croyant, croyante
- croyantperson who believes
- croyanteperson who believes
German Gläubiger, Gläubige
- Gläubigerperson who believes
- Gläubigeperson who believes
Greek πιστός
- πιστός (pistós)person who believes
Hebrew מַאֲמִין
- מַאֲמִין (ma'amín)person who believes
Hindi आस्तिक, मूमिन
- आस्तिक (āstik)person who believes
- मूमिन (mūmin)person who believes
Irish creidmheach
- creidmheachperson who believes
Italian credente
- credenteperson who believes
Japanese 信徒, 信者
- 信徒 (shinto)person who believes
- 信者 (shinja)person who believes
- 教徒 (kyōto)person who believes
Korean 신도, 신자
- 신도 (sindo)person who believes
- 신자 (sinja)person who believes
- 교인 (gyoin)person who believes
- 교도 (gyodo)person who believes
Malay mumin, mukmin
- muminperson who believes
- mukminperson who believes
Norwegian Bokmål troende
- troendeperson who believes
Persian مؤمن
- مؤمن (mo'men)person who believes
Polish wierzący, wierny
- wierzącyperson who believes
- wiernyperson who believes
- wyznawcaperson who believes
- wyznawczyniperson who believes
Portuguese crente, acreditador
- crenteperson who believes
- acreditadorperson who believes
- acreditadoraperson who believes
Romanian credincios, credincioasă
- credinciosperson who believes
- credincioasăperson who believes
Russian ве́рующий, ве́рующая
- ве́рующий (vérujuščij)person who believes
- ве́рующая (vérujuščaja)person who believes
Scottish Gaelic creidmheach
- creidmheachperson who believes
Slovak veriaci
- veriaciperson who believes
Spanish creyente
- creyenteperson who believes
Swahili muumini
- muuminiperson who believes
Swedish troende
- troendeperson who believes
Thai ผู้เชื่อ, ผู้ศรัทธา
- ผู้เชื่อperson who believes
- ผู้ศรัทธาperson who believes
- ศาสนิกชน (sǎa-sà-ník-gà-chon)person who believes
Turkish mümin, inanan
- müminperson who believes
- inananperson who believes
Ukrainian ві́руючий, ві́руюча
- ві́руючий (vírujučyj)person who believes
- ві́руюча (vírujuča)person who believes
Urdu ماننے والا, مومن
- ماننے والا (mānne vālā)person who believes
- مومن (momin)person who believes
Vietnamese tín đồ, giáo đồ
- tín đồperson who believes
- giáo đồperson who believes
- giáo dânperson who believes
Yiddish מאמין
- מאמין (maymen)person who believes
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with believer
Cite this entry
believer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/believer
“believer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/believer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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