worshipper
One who reveres
A worshipper is someone who worships—typically a person who engages in religious devotion or attends religious services: The worshippers knelt in prayer.
The term extends to anyone who reveres something intensely: worshippers of celebrity, sun worshippers seeking tans on beaches.
Also spelled worshiper.
One who supports another
- adherentLoyal supporter of something
- discipleCommitted follower of teaching
- believerOne who accepts something
- devoteeZealous admirer or follower
acolyte · congregant · parishioner · faithful · convert · proselyte · votary · communicant
Religious journey-taker
- hajjiMecca pilgrimage completer
- travelerOne who journeys
- journeyerOne who travels far
- seekerOne who looks
wayfarer · penitent · devotee · procession · caravan · barefoot · offering · vow
Address to deity
- meditationFocused attention practice
- prostrationUtter physical or mental depletion
- genuflectionKnee-bending act of reverence
- kneelingLowering onto bent legs
chanting · hymn · mantra · offering · sacrifice · libation · incense · vigil
Profound admiring respect
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
- aweReverent fear and wonder
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
homage · praise · glorification · supplication · thanksgiving · humility · faith · fervor
follower
One who supports another
- adherentLoyal supporter of something
- discipleCommitted follower of teaching
- believerOne who accepts something
devotee · acolyte · congregant · parishioner · faithful · convert · proselyte · votary · communicant · layperson
pilgrim
Religious journey-taker
seeker · wayfarer · penitent · devotee · procession · caravan · barefoot · offering · vow · blessing
prayer
Address to deity
- meditationFocused attention practice
- prostrationUtter physical or mental depletion
- genuflectionKnee-bending act of reverence
kneeling · chanting · hymn · mantra · offering · sacrifice · libation · incense · vigil · fasting
veneration
Profound admiring respect
reverence · homage · praise · glorification · supplication · thanksgiving · humility · faith · fervor · zeal
temple
Sacred worship structure
shrine · chapel · cathedral · basilica · pagoda · gurdwara · sanctuary · altar · pew · minaret
- church memberscongregant, parishioner, member, active member, founding member
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- devoteesdevotee, devotees, adherent, adherents, follower
- enthusiastsenthusiasts, fans, devotee, enthusiast, buff
- churchgoerschurchgoer, churchgoers, parishioner, parishioners, congregant
- Mosquesmasjid, minarets, minaret, prayer hall, prayer rug
worshipperatheist
One denying gods exist
nonbeliever · skeptic · agnostic · unbeliever · doubter
worshipperblasphemer
One who insults deity
desecrator · mocker · scorner · reviler · profaner
- sun worshippersThose seeking to tan
- worshipping the ground someone walks onExtreme reverent admiration for someone
- worshipped the ground someone walked onExtreme admiration for another
- worshipping the porcelain godSlang for vomiting into toilet