BACKSLIDERS Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word backsliders. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for BACKSLIDERS
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apostates | nounn | |||||||
noun • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. adjective satellite • not faithful to religion or party or cause | ||||||||
defectors | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | ||||||||
deserters | nounn | |||||||
noun • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. • a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | ||||||||
renegades | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. adjective satellite • having deserted a cause or principle verb • break with established customs | ||||||||
turncoats | nounn | |||||||
noun • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | ||||||||
recidivist | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) • someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior | ||||||||
reversionist | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior |