adherent
noun
[ ədˈhɪər(ə)nt ]
• someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas.
• "he was a strong adherent of monetarism"
Similar:
follower,
supporter,
upholder,
defender,
advocate,
disciple,
votary,
partisan,
member,
friend,
stalwart,
fanatic,
zealot,
believer,
worshipper,
attender,
fan,
admirer,
enthusiast,
devotee,
lover,
addict,
aficionado,
hanger-on,
groupie,
buff,
freak,
fiend,
nut,
maniac,
booster,
cohort,
rooter,
janissary,
sectary,
adherent
adjective
• sticking fast to an object or surface.
• "the eggs have thick sticky shells to which debris is often adherent"
Similar:
adhesive,
sticky,
sticking,
adhering,
clinging,
tacky,
gluey,
gummy,
gummed,
cohesive,
viscous,
viscid,
glutinous,
mucilaginous,
claggy,
clarty,
gooey,
gloopy,
cloggy,
gungy,
icky,
gloppy,
tenacious,
viscoid,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerent- ‘sticking to’, from the verb adhaerere (see adhere).
