Adherent - English meaning

noun

A person who is addicted to a particular substance, typically an illegal drug.

Usage examples:

A former heroin addict

noun

A person who is unable to stop doing or using something

verb

Stick fast to (a surface or substance).

Usage examples:

Paint won't adhere well to a greasy surface

adjective

Able to stick fast to a surface or object; sticky.

Usage examples:

An adhesive label

noun

A substance used for sticking objects or materials together; glue.

Usage examples:

Tile adhesive

noun

Glue

Usage examples:

[ c ] use a water-resistant adhesive., the pages were held together with adhesive tape.

noun

A person who has a particular regard for someone or something.

Usage examples:

He was a great admirer of henry james

noun

Someone who finds someone else sexually attractive, or someone who admires someone or something

Usage examples:

She's got plenty of admirers., she's got a secret admirer who keeps sending her gifts., the policy …

noun

A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.

Usage examples:

He was an untiring advocate of economic reform

verb

Publicly recommend or support.

Usage examples:

Voters supported candidates who advocated an assembly

verb

To speak in support of an idea or course of action

Usage examples:

[ t ] some people advocate teaching to the test., [ i ] the organization advocates for human rights…

noun

Someone who does not go to a place, especially a place they should go to regularly

Usage examples:

They tackled high levels of truancy by persuading parents of habitual non-attenders to educate thei…

noun

A person who believes in the truth or existence of something.

Usage examples:

A firm believer that party politics has no place in local government

noun

A person who feels certain about the truth of a religion or religious ideas

Usage examples:

I’m a believer in the public’s right to know.

adjective

Tending to form clots; sticky.

Usage examples:

Claggy mud

adjective

Thick and sticky

Usage examples:

The soil in the garden was thick, claggy clay., the claggy weather in the west will clear to leave …

adjective

(of a garment) fitting closely to the body and showing its shape.

Usage examples:

She was wearing a clinging black dress

verb

Hold on tightly to.

Usage examples:

She clung to joe's arm

adjective

A clinging person stays close to and depends on a person who is taking care of them

Usage examples:

Up to the time she started school, her daughter was very clinging., a very clinging and demanding e…

adjective

Thick and sticky.

Usage examples:

Cloggy mud

adjective

Characterized by or causing cohesion.

Usage examples:

Each parish was formerly a cohesive unit

adjective

United and working together effectively

Usage examples:

A cohesive group, cohesive forces

noun

A person who defends someone or something.

Usage examples:

A determined defender of british interests

noun

A person who supports someone or something, esp. when attacked or criticized

Usage examples:

She is a defender of women’s rights., murray dribbled past a defender and fired the ball right into…

noun

A person who is very interested in and enthusiastic about someone or something.

Usage examples:

A devotee of lewis carroll

noun

A personal follower of christ during his life, especially one of the twelve apostles.

Usage examples:

Jesus' apostles and disciples in the early church felt the importance of prayer ahead of missionary…

noun

A person who believes in the ideas of a leader, esp. a religious or political one, and tries to live according to those ideas

Usage examples:

Jesse jackson was a disciple of martin luther king, jr.

noun

A person who is very interested in a particular activity or subject.

Usage examples:

A sports car enthusiast

noun

Someone who is very interested in and involved with a particular subject or activity

Usage examples:

A computer-games enthusiast

noun

An apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation.

Usage examples:

A couple of ceiling fans, lazily turning

verb

Cool (someone or something) by waving an object to create a current of air.

Usage examples:

He fanned himself with his hat

noun

A person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular person or thing.

Usage examples:

Football fans

noun

A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause.

Usage examples:

Religious fanatics

adjective

Filled with or expressing excessive zeal.

Usage examples:

His eyes had a fanatic iciness

noun

A person whose strong admiration for something is extreme and unreasonable

Usage examples:

A fitness/exercise fanatic, her devotion to her pets was fanatical.

noun

A person who supports and admires a particular person or set of ideas.

Usage examples:

Followers of nietzsche

noun

Someone who obeys or supports another person or that person’s ideas

Usage examples:

The newly elected governor appeared overcome with emotion as he thanked his followers., they are en…

noun

A company or product that only makes new changes, enters a market, etc. after other companies or products have done this first

Usage examples:

Law firms are not leaders in business, they are followers., our analysis supports the view of germa…

noun

A person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations.

Usage examples:

She's a friend of mine

verb

Add (someone) to a list of friends or contacts on a social networking website.

Usage examples:

I am friended by 29 people who i have not friended back

noun

A person you know well and like a lot, but who is usually not a member of your family

Usage examples:

I dreamed my school friends were being chased by a whale., today i got a call from a friend of mine…

adjective

Thick or sticky

Usage examples:

The pies had an unpleasantly gloopy texture., add a banana to make the smoothies lovely and gloopy.

adjective

Having a sticky consistency.

Usage examples:

Gluey brown paste

adjective

Sticky, or covered with glue

Usage examples:

You'd better wash those gluey hands of yours.

adjective

Like glue in texture; sticky.

Usage examples:

Glutinous mud

adjective

Sticky

Usage examples:

Short-grain rice turns into a soft, glutinous mass when cooked.

adjective

Soft and sticky.

Usage examples:

A gooey chocolate dessert

adjective

(of a substance) thick and sticky

Usage examples:

A gooey dessert

adjective

Covered with gum or glue.

Usage examples:

Gummed paper

verb

Cover with gum or glue.

Usage examples:

We gummed the photos on to our papers

verb

Chew (something) with toothless gums.

Usage examples:

The two-year-old gummed his mother's plastic-coated ration card

adjective

Having a viscous or sticky consistency.

Usage examples:

A gummy discharge

noun

A small edible shark of australasian coastal waters, with rounded teeth that it uses to crush hard-shelled prey.

Usage examples:

But today he is singing the praises of a non-commercial creature - the humble eel, which he says ha…

adjective

Showing the gums

Usage examples:

The baby gave her a gummy smile., a gummy label, i adore melon gummies., gummies covered with choco…

adjective

Unpleasantly sticky.

Usage examples:

After a bunch of hot, humid, icky sticky days, it was pure bliss.

adjective

Unpleasant or disgusting

Usage examples:

Rory thinks peas are icky.

noun

A partner in a sexual or romantic relationship outside marriage.

Usage examples:

I think she had a secret lover

noun

A partner in a romantic or physical relationship

Usage examples:

The remote island is ideal for nature lovers.

noun

A person, animal, or plant belonging to a particular group.

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Interest from members of the public

noun

A person or thing that is part of a group

Usage examples:

She’s a member of our team., the lion is a member of the cat family.

noun

A person, company, or country that belongs to a group or organization

Usage examples:

A member of sth she is a member of the bank of england's monetary policy committee., former/existin…

adjective

Having a viscous or gelatinous consistency.

Usage examples:

A mucilaginous paste

noun

A strong supporter of a party, cause, or person.

Usage examples:

Partisans of the exiled stuarts

adjective

Prejudiced in favour of a particular cause.

Usage examples:

Newspapers have become increasingly partisan

adjective

Involving loyal support of a person, principle, or political party

Usage examples:

Partisan politics, the political parties are more divided by partisanship than ever before.

adjective

Loyal, reliable, and hard-working.

Usage examples:

He remained a stalwart supporter of the cause

noun

A loyal, reliable, and hard-working supporter of or participant in an organization or team.

Usage examples:

The stalwarts of the labour party

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

noun

A long, thin piece of something.

Usage examples:

a stick of dynamite

adjective

Tending or designed to stick to things on contact.

Usage examples:

Sticky cakes and pastries

noun

A piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side, used for leaving messages or reminders.

Usage examples:

Perfect pictures of sunny days, birthday parties and proms, of boyfriends, girlfriends and parents …

adjective

Difficult to deal with or solve

Usage examples:

A sticky situation, a sticky issue, you had better wash your sticky fingers.

noun

A person who approves of and encourages a public figure, political party, policy, etc.

Usage examples:

Labour supporters

noun

A person who actively helps someone

Usage examples:

Supporters of the bill expect it to pass., he is a strong supporter of states’ rights.

adjective

(of glue, paint, or other substances) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel.

Usage examples:

The paint was still tacky

adjective

Showing poor taste and quality.

Usage examples:

Even in her faintly tacky costumes, she won our hearts

adjective

(of a substance) sticky

Usage examples:

I left a fingerprint in the tacky paint., she reads those tacky romance novels.

adjective

Tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely.

Usage examples:

A tenacious grip

adjective

Unwilling to accept defeat or stop doing or having something

Usage examples:

Seles is a tenacious opponent – she never gives in., they cling with admirable tenacity to their tr…

noun

A person or organization that upholds (= defends) a law, a principle, or a decision that has been made

Usage examples:

She joined the police force and became an upholder of law and order., many of these men are regarde…

adjective

Having a glutinous or sticky consistency.

Usage examples:

The viscid mucus lining of the intestine

adjective

A viscid liquid is thick and sticky

Usage examples:

The cysts are filled with viscid fluid., lava, even at its hottest, is somewhat viscid, like treacl…

adjective

Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; having a high viscosity.

Usage examples:

Viscous lava

adjective

(of a liquid) thick and sticky; not flowing easily

Usage examples:

Viscous oil

noun

A person, such as a monk or nun, who has made vows of dedication to religious service.

Usage examples:

The conflict between the votaries of hindutva votaries and the left-secular intellectuals has preoc…

noun

A person who has made a promise to serve a particular religion or god

Usage examples:

James nayler was one of the most zealous votaries of quakerism., "how could you, a votary of non-vi…

noun

A person who shows reverence and adoration for a deity.

Usage examples:

Viking warriors, worshippers of thor and odin

noun

Someone who goes to a religious ceremony to worship god

Usage examples:

At 11 a.m. on sunday morning, worshippers began to stream out of the cathedral., devil/idol worship…

noun

A person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals.

Usage examples:

He says there have always been religious zealots, but modern technology has given them a lethal cap…

noun

A person who has very strong opinions about something, and tries to make other people have them too

Usage examples:

A religious zealot