[syn: believer, worshiper, worshipper]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Believer \Be*liev"er\, n.
1. One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or
reality of some doctrine, person, or thing.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Theol.) One who gives credit to the truth of the
Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; -- in a
more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his
Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the
gospel.
[1913 Webster]
Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all
believers. --Book of Com.
Prayer.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Eccl. Hist.) One who was admitted to all the rights of
divine worship and instructed in all the mysteries of the
Christian religion, in distinction from a catechumen, or
one yet under instruction.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
believer
n 1: a supporter who accepts something as true [syn: believer,
truster]
2: a person who has religious faith [syn: believer,
worshiper, worshipper]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "believer":
Christian, God-fearing man, accepter, catechumen, churchgoer,
churchite, churchman, communicant, convert, cultist,
daily communicant, devotee, devotionalist, disciple, fanatic,
fideist, follower, good Christian, ist, neophyte, pietist,
proselyte, receiver, religioner, religionist, religious believer,
saint, the assured, the believing, the faithful, theist,
true believer, truster, votary, zealot