Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shiite

1 sense of shiite

Sense 1
Shiite, Shi'ite, Shiite Muslim, Shi'ite Muslim, Shia Muslim -- (a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs)
       => Muslim, Moslem -- (a believer in or follower of Islam)