supporter

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noun

1. a person who backs a politician or a team etc. (Freq. 1)
- all their supporters came out for the game
- they are friends of the library
• Syn:
protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
• Derivationally related forms:
boost (for: booster), admire (for: admirer), champion (for: champion), support
• Hypernyms:
advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
• Hyponyms:
anglophile, anglophil, believer, truster, Boswell,
cheerleader, Confederate, corporatist, enthusiast, partisan, partizan,
Francophile, Francophil, free trader, functionalist, Jacobite, loyalist,
stalwart, New Dealer, philhellene, philhellenist, Graecophile, pillar,
mainstay, Roundhead, seconder, Shavian, subscriber, endorser,
indorser, ratifier, sympathizer, sympathiser, well-wisher, toaster,
toaster, upholder, maintainer, sustainer, voucher,
verifier, Whig
2. a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise
• Syn:
athletic supporter, suspensor, jockstrap, jock
• Hypernyms:
protective garment, man's clothing
3. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
- my invaluable assistant
- they hired additional help to finish the work
• Syn:
assistant, helper, help
• Derivationally related forms:
support, help (for: help), help (for: helper), assistant (for: assistant), assist (for: assistant)
• Hypernyms:
worker
• Hyponyms:
coadjutor, accomplice, confederate, aide, auxiliary,
attendant, attender, tender, bat boy, dental assistant, deputy,
lieutenant, dresser, actor's assistant, event planner, facilitator, flower girl,
girl Friday, hatchet man, enforcer, instrument, pawn, cat's-paw,
labor coach, birthing coach, doula, monitrice, underboss, mannequin,
manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model, poser,
paraprofessional, powder monkey, prompter, theater prompter, right-hand man, chief assistant,
man Friday, secretary, secretarial assistant, sidesman, subordinate, subsidiary,
underling, foot soldier, water boy, waterer, whipper-in
4. a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
• Syn:
garter
• Derivationally related forms:
support, garter (for: garter)
• Hypernyms:
band
5. someone who supports or champions something
• Syn:
patron, sponsor
• Derivationally related forms:
support, sponsorship (for: sponsor), sponsor (for: sponsor), patronize (for: patron), patronise (for: patron)
• Hypernyms:
benefactor, helper
• Hyponyms:
angel, backer, godfather, godparent, guarantor,
guarantor, warrantor, warranter, patroness, patronne,
tower of strength, pillar of strength

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  athletic supporter, suspensor, jockstrap, jock, garter, assistant, helper, help, patron, sponsor, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend