Hypernyms for "religious person"
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abstainer
agnostic
anointer
ascetic
believer
Buddhist
celibate
Christian
church member
churchgoer
coreligionist
Ebionite
Hindoo
Hindu
Mandaean
Mandean
missionary
missioner
Moonie
Moslem
Muslim
Nazarene
non-Catholic
novice
novitiate
oblate
pagan
Parsee
Parsi
penitent
prayer
prophet
religionist
religious
religious leader
Sabbatarian
sacrificer
supplicant
tritheist
worshiper
worshipper
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.