Antonyms for backslider

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bak-slahyd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbækˌslaɪd

Definition of backslider

Origin : in the religious sense, 1580s, from back (adj.) + slide (v.). Related: Backslider; backsliding (1550s).

As in renegade : noun person who is rebellious
As in traitor : noun person who is disloyal
As in fallen angel : noun angel cast out of heaven
As in tartuffe : noun hypocrite
As in deserter : noun fugitive from responsibility
As in apostate : noun traitor
As in hypocrite : noun person who pretends, is deceitful

Example sentences :

Why, Zeke Bassett and the rest have been finding fault with her and calling her a backslider.
Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

But he was leaning on a broken reed, for Beta was himself a backslider.
Extract from : « George Muller of Bristol » by Arthur T. Pierson

Yes, he's my dog if he is a backslider, and that settles it.
Extract from : « Flamsted quarries » by Mary E. Waller

Accordingly, the next day he was on the lookout for the backslider.
Extract from : « Bert Wilson on the Gridiron » by J. W. Duffield

Is that love which trusts not and is not ready to share the lot even of the backslider?
Extract from : « The Bride of the Nile, Complete » by Georg Ebers

He set his teeth together and cursed himself for a fool and a backslider.
Extract from : « In the Wilderness » by Robert Hichens

Consider, that there is none that so much dishonoureth God as a backslider.
Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4) » by Richard Baxter

Could his pupil have become a backslider in the last two years?
Extract from : « The Decadent » by Ralph Adams Cram

No backslider after gross sin may be readmitted till after three months.
Extract from : « The Religious Life of London » by J. Ewing Ritchie

She was a backslider and put off her return to God and kept putting it off.
Extract from : « Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler » by Rev. Gross Alexander

Synonyms for backslider

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