Synonyms for apostate
- noun
- adjective
All synonyms
Noun
1. Renegade — one who has renounced a political party, a cause, etc
renegade, traitor, deserter, turn coat, defector, backsliding, recreant, runagate, backslider, ratter, transfuge dated, withersake dated
Other
Adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
One who has renounced a political party, a cause, etc.
- adj. 1
Guilty of apostasy.
We must punish this apostate priest.
Related words
- Word family
- apostasy apostatize
Forms
- Plural
- apostates → renegades, traitors, deserters, defectors…
Choose the right word
The antonyms apostate, pervert, and renegade are condemnatory names applied to the convert by those whose faith he forsakes.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- traitor Their leader is regarded as a traitor to the nation.
- renegade Taiwan is a renegade province of China.
- deserter Your father is a deserter and a traitor.
- defector Jim claimed to be an ISIS defector.
- pervert Gustavo must have known John was a pervert.
By length
- 5 letters
- false1
- 6 letters
- untrue2, ratter
- 7 letters
- traitor2, pervert2
- 8 letters
- renegade3, disloyal3, deserter3, defector3, recreant, runagate
- 9 letters
- faithless, transfuge, deconvert
- 10 letters
- unfaithful3, traitorous3, treasonous3, backslider, withersake
- 11 letters
- treacherous3, backsliding3, nullifidian
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (untrue2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- apostat
- Italiano
- apostata
- Deutsch
- Abgefallener