believer



true believer

One who passionately supports a cause or concept. My sister is a true believer in social equality, so she is out at the protest today.
See also: believer, true

make a believer (out) of someone

to convince someone decisively about something. The game they played made a believer out of me; from now on, I'm betting on them. It was an interesting discussion, but it did not make a believer out of me.
See also: believer, make, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
RÉKaRAY-kawHungarian
Deirbhile-Irish
Leobwin-Ancient Germanic
ThomasTAHM-əs (English), TOM-əs (English), to-MAH (French), TO-mahs (German, Dutch), tho-MAHS (Greek)English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblica
PatrÍCiopə-TREE-syooPortuguese
Cinta-Indonesian