Synonyms and Antonyms of apostate
1
a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right
- an apostate from communism, he later became one of its harshest critics
betrayer, double-crosser, quisling, traitor, traitress (or traitoress), turnabout, turncoat
abandoner, come-outer, dropout, leaver
defier, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, mutineer, rebel, red, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, revolutionizer
discontent, malcontent
recusant, refusenik (also refusnik), refuser
2
one who betrays a trust or an allegiance
- became an apostate to liberalism after he had gotten wealthy
backstabber, betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, Judas, quisling, recreant, serpent, snake, traitor, turncoat
accommodationist, collaborationist, collaborator, sellout, subversive, subverter
coconspirator, conspirator, intriguer, plotter, schemer
defector, deserter, renegade
blabbermouth, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, informant, informer, rat, rumormonger, snitch, snitcher, squealer, stool pigeon, talebearer, talker, tattler, tattletale, telltale
