Wondering how to use Zealot in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as jew or exponent.
Zealot meaning
- One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for their own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic.
- A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.
- A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.
Synonyms of Zealot
Using Zealot
- The main meaning on this page is: One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for their own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic. | A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews. | A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.
- Useful related words include: jew, exponent, proponent, advocator.
- In the example corpus, zealot often appears in combinations such as: the zealot, religious zealot, zealot as.
Context around Zealot
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Zealot
- In this selection, "zealot" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, religious, let, abortion, carmody, mike and intruders stand out and add context to how "zealot" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a philosophy zealot is not and a religious zealot. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "zealot" sits close to words such as aar, aarons and abdulla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with zealot
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I just let Zealot be Zealot. (6 words)
They say he is a religious zealot. (7 words)
Fret Zealot will also be expanding to different instruments. (9 words)
This film is played absolutely straight-faced, and part of what makes it work is that even the zealot intruders can’t believe what they are being forced to do. (30 words)
The anti-immigrant zealot John Kelly – once considered the only ‘adult’ in the White House when he was chief of staff – joined Caliburn’s board immediately after leaving government. (29 words)
Mr. Rowe had become a member of North Korea’s Communist Party and “played the Communist zealot,” as he put it, while serving in the Korean War. (27 words)
Well, look who just crawled out from underneath his anti-government zealot rock? (13 words)
What more proof is needed to see that being so conservative and a philosophy zealot is not helping the team? (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
I just let Zealot be Zealot.
A religious zealot, Carmody uses the arrival of the eponymous mist to start doom saying about a vengeful god getting revenge on her small sinful hometown.
It couldn’t come at a more critical time, especially now that Christian nationalist and anti-abortion zealot Mike Johnson is Speaker of the House.
It's very easy to play a zealot, whether deliberately or accidentally.
Mr. Rowe had become a member of North Korea’s Communist Party and “played the Communist zealot,” as he put it, while serving in the Korean War.
That, plus the fact Smith is an unrepentant, unreformed zealot for the fossil-fuel industry, means renewables are gonna get treated like the oilpatch should be.
The president has repeatedly called the LFI an "extreme" movement, branding the party as equally zealot as Le Pen's.
This film is played absolutely straight-faced, and part of what makes it work is that even the zealot intruders can’t believe what they are being forced to do.
The Backfire Zealot has a stellar reputation among riders as a tough-to-beat budget board.
The Premier allowed his Cabinet to pander to their zealot bases with advanced counsel and assurance that it was going to happen anyway.
They say he is a religious zealot.
Well, look who just crawled out from underneath his anti-government zealot rock?
The anti-immigrant zealot John Kelly – once considered the only ‘adult’ in the White House when he was chief of staff – joined Caliburn’s board immediately after leaving government.
Al’Otaiba was a fanatically puritan, messianic zealot who believed he would usher in the regeneration of Islam in a welter of indiscriminate, apocalyptic bloodletting.
Fret Zealot will also be expanding to different instruments.
It would be easy to dismiss Jetton as a nutcase, a zealot or a conspiracy theorist.
These were her overachiever “zealot” years that the press made hay with.
What more proof is needed to see that being so conservative and a philosophy zealot is not helping the team?
Granted, Curry was a zealot who followed Maroger's early and late formulations.
He also claimed that "the atheist is activated by engrams as thoroughly as the zealot".
Common combinations with zealot
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the zealot 6×
- religious zealot 2×
- zealot as 2×
- zealot who 2×
- zealot movement 2×