believer

Naija

Alternative forms

• biliver

Etymology

Borrowed from English believer

Pronunciation

• bìlívà

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 5
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 11477

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

believer: a practising christian -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Na so im dey do like believer but im mind na charcoal.  — (That's how he/she is behaving like a believer but deep down his/her mind, he/she is a pagan.)

2. amod-nmod (frequency:2)

   She be big believer of di feminism movement.  — (bbc__88358, __no translation__)

   'I be strong believer of prophecy especially when na from pastors like Pastor Adeboye and Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church Worldwide International Onyeka talk.  — (bbc__8367, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• moments 0.73 19, invasion 0.73 13, betting 0.72 9, 60s 0.72 7, era 0.71 35, highlight 0.71 11, breakthrough 0.71 12, spaces 0.71 12, manifestation 0.71 5

Antonyms

• moments 0.73 19, invasion 0.73 13, betting 0.72 9, 60s 0.72 7, era 0.71 35, highlight 0.71 11, breakthrough 0.71 12, spaces 0.71 12, manifestation 0.71 5

Translations

• English: a practising christian