Synonyms for shi'ite
ˈʃi aɪt; ʃiˈi, ˈʃi ishi'ite

Princeton's WordNet

1. Shiite, Shi'ite, Shiite Muslim, Shi'ite Muslim, Shia Muslimnoun

   a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs

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1. • Muslim

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1. Saed Saif:

   The Iranian Shi'ite militias are continuing to pour reinforcements into the Badia to expand their area of control. We are doing what we can to repel them.

2. Jamal Khashoggi:

   With Iran, it's an issue of religion, of Shi'ite expansionism, but for Russia it's about geopolitics and interests, so we can talk to the Russians.

3. Akram Shahab:

   They spray-painted (Shi’ite) on the gate to alert the other militia groups.

4. John Bolton:

   We are very concerned about the Quds Force and Qassem Soleimani using Shi'ite militia groups and others in Iraq as indirect ways to attack our embassy in Baghdad, consulate in Erbil, our various bases around the country.

5. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

   They wrote a letter to the Iranian foreign ministry promising not to support Daesh (Islamic State), not knowing that the evidence in photographs of their military assistance to Daesh was already in the hands of the revolutionary forces (Iraq's Shi'ite-led government and militia).