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backslider

NOUN

apostate

Synonyms

STRONG

defector deserter dissenter heretic nonconformist rat recreant renegade turncoat

Antonyms

WEAK

adherent faithful loyalist

NOUN

deserter

Synonyms

STRONGEST

defector escapee lawbreaker

STRONG

AWOL absconder apostate betrayer delinquent derelict recreant refugee renegade runaway traitor

WEAK

criminal escaper hooky player no-show truant

Antonyms

STRONG

adherent loyalist

NOUN

fallen angel

Synonyms

WEAK

ame damnee lost sheep lost soul recidivist

NOUN

hypocrite

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bigot charlatan crook impostor phony trickster

STRONG

actor bluffer casuist cheat deceiver decoy dissembler dissimulator fake faker four-flusher fraud humbug informer malingerer masquerader mountebank pharisee poser pretender quack smoothie sophist swindler two-timer

WEAK

attitudinizer con artist lip server two-face wolf in sheep's clothing

NOUN

renegade

Synonyms

STRONGEST

defector deserter dissident heretic insurgent mutineer traitor

STRONG

apostate betrayer double-crosser escapee exile fugitive iconoclast outlaw rebel recreant refugee snake tergiversator turnabout turncoat

WEAK

abandoner forsaker schismatic snake in the grass

Antonyms

WEAK

adherent follower passivist

NOUN

tartuffe

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deceiver hypocrite pretender

STRONG

actor bigot bluffer casuist charlatan cheat crook decoy dissembler dissimulator fake faker four-flusher fraud humbug impostor informer malingerer masquerader mountebank pharisee phony playactor poser quack smoothie sophist swindler trickster two-timer

WEAK

attitudinizer con artist lip server two-face wolf in sheep's clothing

NOUN

traitor

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conspirator deserter hypocrite impostor informer renegade spy turncoat

STRONG

Judas apostate betrayer deceiver defector double-crosser fink intriguer miscreant quisling rebel snake sneak snitch snitcher squealer tattletale traducer treasonist two-timer whistle-blower wolf

WEAK

Benedict Arnold back-stabber stool pigeon

Antonyms

WEAK

loyalist

Example Sentences

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The new paper also tested whether revealing more information about each potential backslider changed the accuracy of predictions.

From Scientific American • Feb. 14, 2020

Attacked as a backslider was Chen Yi, the nation's durable Vice Premier and Foreign Minister.

From Time Magazine Archive

Twenty-one boys have been "honorably discharged" without a single backslider so far.

From Time Magazine Archive

In matters of economic organization, however, even Lenin was a backslider of sorts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many a time in the Bible God is represented as running; He is in great haste to meet the backslider.

From Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses by Moody, Dwight Lyman

backslider

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