English Explanatory Dictionary

adherent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Adhesive, sticking to something.
  2. Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
  3. Attaching or pressing against a different organ.
  4. Showing adherence to a treatment.
noun
  1. A person who has membership in some group, association, or religion.

Pronunciation

/ædˈ(h)ɪə.ɹənt/ /əd-/ /ædˈ(h)ɪɹ.ənt/ en-us-adherent.ogg

Word forms

adherent more adherent most adherent adhærent adherents

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Latin adhaerēnsder. Old French adherentbor. Middle English adherent English adherent From Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaereō (“to stick to, cling”).

Synonyms

adhering

Related words

adhere adherence adhesive coherent inherent

Derived words

adherently cytoadherent deadherent enteroadherent hyperadherent inadherent mucoadherent nonadherent preadherent semiadherent unadherent underadherent
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