Meanings
plural worshippers · alternative US worshiper
- A person who worships, especially at a place of assembly for religious services.
The temple was filled with worshippers.
1 more example
Sadly, the ever-eager Reverend Judith had not been able to conjure up many worshippers, even though it was Father’s Day. There was just one old dear sitting halfway back, her faulty hearing aid letting off a high-pitched whistle.
2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishwirshiper
- Englishworshipper
Inherited from Middle English wirshiper, worchyppar, worscheper, worschepour, worschiper, worschippar, worshipore; equivalent to worship + -er.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic عَابِد
- عَابِد (ʕābid)person who worships
Bulgarian богомолец
- богомолец (bogomolec)person who worships
Chinese Mandarin 信徒
- 信徒 (xìntú)person who worships
Esperanto adoranto, adorantino
- adorantoperson who worships
- adorantinoperson who worships
Finnish palvoja, jumalanpalvelukseen osallistuva
- palvojaperson who worships
- jumalanpalvelukseen osallistuvaperson who worships
- kirkkokansaperson who worships
French fidèle, adorateur
- fidèleperson who worships
- adorateurperson who worships
- adoratriceperson who worships
German Anbeter, Anbeterin
- Anbeterperson who worships
- Anbeterinperson who worships
Greek λάτρης, λάτρισσα
- λάτρης (látris)person who worships
- λάτρισσα (látrissa)person who worships
Hindi भक्त, उपासक
- भक्त (bhakt)person who worships
- उपासक (upāsak)person who worships
- पुजारी (pujārī)person who worships
Hungarian imádó
- imádóperson who worships
Irish adhraitheoir, adhróir
- adhraitheoirperson who worships
- adhróirperson who worships
Italian adoratore, adoratrice
- adoratoreperson who worships
- adoratriceperson who worships
- veneratoreperson who worships
- veneratriceperson who worships
- devotoperson who worships
- devotaperson who worships
- fedeleperson who worships
Latin cultor, cultrīx
- cultorperson who worships
- cultrīxperson who worships
- sacricolaperson who worships
- adōrātorperson who worships
- adōrātrīxperson who worships
Māori kaikoropiko
- kaikoropikoperson who worships
Polish czciciel, czcicielka
- czcicielperson who worships
- czcicielkaperson who worships
- wyznawcaperson who worships
- wyznawczyniperson who worships
Portuguese adorador, adoradora
- adoradorperson who worships
- adoradoraperson who worships
- devotoperson who worships
- devotaperson who worships
Russian почита́тель, почита́тельница
- почита́тель (počitátelʹ)person who worships
- почита́тельница (počitátelʹnica)person who worships
- покло́нник (poklónnik)person who worships
- покло́нница (poklónnica)person who worships
Spanish adorador, adoradora
- adoradorperson who worships
- adoradoraperson who worships
- devotoperson who worships
- devotaperson who worships
- fielperson who worships
Ukrainian покло́нник, покло́нниця
- покло́нник (poklónnyk)person who worships
- покло́нниця (poklónnycja)person who worships
Urdu عابد, پرستار
- عابد (ābid)person who worships
- پرستار (parastār)person who worships
Welsh addolwr
- addolwrperson who worships
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Cite this entry
worshipper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worshipper
“worshipper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worshipper. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “worshipper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worshipper.
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