English > supporter: 5 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A person who backs a politician or a team etc.. |
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| Example | "all their supporters came out for the game" |
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| Synonyms | protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend |
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| Narrower | Boswell | A devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds |
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| Confederate | A supporter of the Confederate States of America |
| Francophile, Francophil | An admirer of France and everything French |
| Jacobite | A supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts |
| New Dealer | A supporter of the economic policies in the United States known as the New Deal |
| Roundhead | A supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War |
| Shavian | An admirer of G. B. Shaw or his works |
| Whig | A supporter of the American Revolution |
| anglophile, anglophil | An admirer of England and things English |
| believer, truster | A supporter who accepts something as true |
| cheerleader | An enthusiastic and vocal supporter |
| corporatist | A supporter of corporatism |
| enthusiast, partisan, partizan | An ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity |
| free trader | An advocate of unrestricted international trade |
| functionalist | An adherent of functionalism / functionalism |
| loyalist, stalwart | A person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt) |
| philhellene, philhellenist, Graecophile | An admirer of Greece and everything Greek |
| pillar, mainstay | A prominent supporter |
| seconder | someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote |
| subscriber, endorser, indorser, ratifier | someone who expresses strong approval |
| sympathizer, sympathiser, well-wisher | someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful |
| toaster, wassailer | someone who proposes a toast |
| upholder, maintainer, sustainer | someone who upholds or maintains |
| voucher, verifier | someone who vouches / vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement |
| Broader | advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent | A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
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| Spanish | adepta, adepto, aficionada, aficionado, amiga, amigo, entusiasta, seguidora, seguidor |
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| Catalan | adepta, adepte, aficionada, aficionat, amic, amiga, entusiasta, protagonista, seguidora, seguidor |
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| Verbs | support | argue or speak in defense / defense of |
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| support | be behind |
English > supporter: 5 senses > noun 3, person | Meaning | A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. |
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| Synonyms | assistant, helper, help |
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| Narrower | accomplice, confederate | A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) |
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| aide, auxiliary | someone who acts as assistant |
| attendant, attender, tender | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another |
| bat boy | (baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment |
| coadjutor | An assistant to a bishop |
| dental assistant | An assistant to a dentist |
| deputy, lieutenant | An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent |
| dresser, actor's assistant | A wardrobe assistant for an actor |
| event planner | someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials) |
| facilitator | someone who makes progress easier |
| flower girl | A young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession |
| girl Friday | A female assistant who has a range of duties |
| hatchet man, enforcer | One whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior |
| instrument, pawn, cat's-paw | A person used by another to gain an end |
| labor coach, birthing coach, doula, monitrice | An assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes |
| mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model | A woman who wears clothes to display fashions |
| model, poser | A person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor |
| paraprofessional | A trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional |
| powder monkey | someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship) |
| prompter, theater prompter | someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech |
| right-hand man, chief assistant, man Friday | The most helpful assistant |
| secretary, secretarial assistant | An assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization |
| sidesman | (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden |
| subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier | An assistant subject to the authority or control of another |
| underboss | An assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate) |
| water boy, waterer | An assistant who supplies drinking water |
| whipper-in | huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds |
| Broader | worker | A person who works at a specific occupation |
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| Spanish | asistente, auxiliar, ayudante |
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| Catalan | ajudant, assistente, assistent, auxiliar, dependent |
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| Verbs | support | give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to |
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