Synonyms of cult

cult

noun

ˈkəlt 

1

as in audience

a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film)

long after it had gone off the air, the TV series continued to have a huge cult

Synonyms & Similar Words

• audience
• following
• followership
• discipleship
• fandom

2

as in religion

a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities

an ancient cult that centered on the worship of the earth as the source of all life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• religion
• sect
• persuasion
• creed
• faith
• denomination
• church
• theology
• credo
• doctrine
• communion
• dogma
• paganism
• monotheism
• pantheism
• theism
• polytheism
• heathenism
• deism

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• agnosticism
• atheism
• secularism
• unbelief
• know-nothingism
• godlessness
• nonbelief

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of cult

In the ensuing days, the jam band Phish, known for entrancing its cult following with spells of improvisational wizardry, requisitions Madison Square Garden until the calendar rolls over (Dec. 28-31). —The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024

Community — about a group of students of varying ages at Greendale Community College — originally ran from 2009 to 2015, and gained a cult following. —Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2024

What started as an inconspicuous boy-meets-girl tale swiftly became a cult classic in the U.K. —Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2024

Nearly 30 years after Adam Sandler’s golf comedy Happy Gilmore became a cult classic, the beloved character is making a triumphant return in the Netflix sequel, Happy Gilmore 2. —Elizabeth Rosner, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024