noun. A supporter, as of a cause or individual.

adjective. Sticking or holding fast.

adjective. Joined but not united. Used of dissimilar parts or organs.

Sticking; clinging; adhering.

In botany, congenitally united, as parts that are normally separate: generally used as equivalent to adnate. See cut under adnate. In logic and metaphysics, accidentally connected; not belonging to the nature of a thing; not inherent: as, if a cloth is wet, its wetness is a quality adherent to it, not inherent in it.

noun. A person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause, opinion, or the like; a follower, partizan, or supporter.

noun. Anything outwardly belonging to a person; an appendage.

noun. Synonyms Disciple, pupil, upholder, supporter, dependant.

noun. One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church.

noun. That which adheres; an appendage.

adjective. Sticking; clinging; adhering.

adjective. Attached as an attribute or circumstance.

adjective. Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals.

adjective. Adhesive, sticking to something.

adjective. Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.

adjective. Attaching or pressing against a different organ.

noun. A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.

adjective. sticking fast

noun. someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

"The slain Mungiki adherent is the fourth sect member to be killed by police after members of the outlawed sect hacked two police officers and set their bodies ablaze last Wednesday."

disciple  partizan  

adhesive  

adhere  adherence  adhesive  coherent  inherent  

coherent  incoherent  inherent  

adherence  admirer  adversary  adviser  advocate  

Averroist  Berkeleian  Cartesian  Comtist  Cynic