Muslim

Meanings

Noun

• A person who is a follower and believer of Islam.

Adjective

• Being or relating to a believer of Islam.

Related

Similar words

• Islamic

Opposite words

• non-Muslim
• kafir

Narrower meaning words

• Sunni, Shi'a, Sufi/Sufist, Ahle Quran, Salafite, Muwahhid, Quranist, Moorish Scientist, Ismaili/Ismailite, Zahirist, Ahmadi (controversial), 5 percenter, Ibadist, ghair muqallid, Hanafite
• jihadist/jihadi, mujahid

Broader meaning words

• Abrahamist; monotheist; theist, religionist

Origin

• Borrowed around 1615 from Arabic مُسْلِم ("one who submits"), the of أَسْلَمَ, from the triliteral root , "to be whole, intact". The verbal noun إسْلام means literally "submission". In a religious sense, الْإِسْلَام translates to "faith, piety", and مُسْلِم to "one who has (religious) faith or piety".