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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

I am a sinful man, a miserable backslider.

From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward