APOSTATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for APOSTATE?

Need another word that means the same as “apostate”? Find 8 synonyms and 30 related words for “apostate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Apostate” are: deserter, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat, dissenter, heretic, nonconformist

Apostate as a Noun

Definitions of "Apostate" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “apostate” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
• A person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.

Synonyms of "Apostate" as a noun (8 Words)

deserter	A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. Deserters from the army.
dissenter	A person who dissents from some established policy.
heretic	A person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion.
nonconformist	Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct. Jenkins was a nonconformist who disdained the rugby union coaching certificate.
ratter	Any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats.
recreant	A person who is unfaithful to a belief; an apostate. The recreant acted with outward boldness.
renegade	A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. An agent who later turns out to be a renegade.
turncoat	A person who deserts one party or cause in order to join an opposing one. They denounced him as a turncoat.

Usage Examples of "Apostate" as a noun

• After fifty years as an apostate he returned to the faith.

Associations of "Apostate" (30 Words)

apostasy	The abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief or principle. The execution of their leader for apostasy brought widespread criticism.
betray	Deliver to an enemy by treachery. A double agent who betrayed some 400 British and French agents to the Germans.
betrayal	An act of deliberate betrayal. The betrayal by the king by his daughter.
betrayer	A person who says one thing and does another.
cheat	An act of cheating a fraud or deception. We were cheated by their clever sounding scheme.
conversion	An event that results in a transformation. The individual s responsibility in conversion is to repent and believe.
deceive	Be false to; be dishonest with. I didn t intend to deceive people into thinking it was French champagne.
defection	Withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility. A number of defections by leading ballet dancers.
defector	A person who has abandoned their country or cause in favour of an opposing one. Staff interviewed escapees and defectors to the West.
disloyal	Deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle. Disloyal mutterings about his leadership.
duplicity	The state of being double. The president was accused of duplicity in his dealings with Congress.
faithless	Disloyal, especially to a spouse or partner. The faithless Benedict Arnold.
fraudulence	A fraudulent or duplicitous representation.
infidelity	The quality of being unfaithful. Her infidelity continued after her marriage.
insurgent	A person fighting against a government or invading force; a rebel or revolutionary. Alleged links with insurgent groups.
perfidious	Tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans. A perfidious lover.
perfidy	An act of deliberate betrayal. Hapsburg perfidy.
proselytize	Convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another. Davis wanted to share his concept and proselytize his ideas.
quisling	Someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force. He had the Quisling owner of the factory arrested.
rebel	Take part in a rebellion renounce a former allegiance. Rebel forces.
renegade	Become a renegade. Johnson had renegaded from the Confederacy.
seditious	Arousing to action or rebellion. The letter was declared seditious.
spy	Catch sight of. Spy for the Russians.
stigma	A symbol of disgrace or infamy. Debt has lost its stigma and is now a part of everyday life.
traitor	A person who betrays someone or something, such as a friend, cause, or principle. He was a traitor to his own class.
traitorous	Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor. When his traitorous actions were discovered he was imprisoned.
treacherous	Tending to betray especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans. A treacherous Gestapo agent.
treachery	Betrayal of trust. The treachery of language.
treasonable	Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor. There was no evidence of treasonable activity.
turncoat	A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. They denounced him as a turncoat.