disciple

Synonyms

acolyte, adherent, convert, follower, partisan (also partizan), pupil, votarist, votary;

Antonyms

leader;

Near Antonyms

apostate, defector, renegade, traitor, turncoat;

Related Words

apostle, missionary, proselytizer, soldier;

faithful, loyalist;

advocate, backer, champion, supporter;

protégé, scholar, student;

ideologist, ideologue (also idealogue), sectarian;

admirer, cultist, devotee, enthusiast, fan, idolater (or idolator), worshipper (or worshiper), zealot;

apparatchik, camp follower, flunky (also flunkey), hanger-on, henchman, lackey, lickspittle, minion, stooge, sycophant, toady, yes-man;