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BOOSTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective
Synonyms:
booster; booster dose; booster shot; recall dose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("booster" is a kind of...):
dosage; dose (a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The first stage of a multistage rocket
Synonyms:
booster; booster rocket; booster unit; takeoff booster; takeoff rocket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("booster" is a kind of...):
rocket; rocket engine (a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion)
Holonyms ("booster" is a part of...):
multistage rocket; step rocket (a rocket having two or more rocket engines (each with its own fuel) that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhausted)
Derivation:
boost (push or shove upward, as if from below or behind)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal
Synonyms:
booster; booster amplifier; booster station; relay link; relay station; relay transmitter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("booster" is a kind of...):
amplifier (electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it)
Holonyms ("booster" is a part of...):
communication equipment; communication system (facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A thief who steals goods that are in a store
Synonyms:
booster; lifter; shoplifter
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("booster" is a kind of...):
stealer; thief (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Someone who is an active supporter and advocate
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("booster" is a kind of...):
adman; advertiser; advertizer (someone whose business is advertising)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "booster"):
barker (someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers)
Derivation:
boost (contribute to the progress or growth of)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A person who backs a politician or a team etc.
Example:
they are friends of the library
Synonyms:
admirer; booster; champion; friend; protagonist; supporter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("booster" is a kind of...):
advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "booster"):
Whig (a supporter of the American Revolution)
verifier; voucher (someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement)
maintainer; sustainer; upholder (someone who upholds or maintains)
toaster; wassailer (someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture)
sympathiser; sympathizer; well-wisher (someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful)
endorser; indorser; ratifier; subscriber (someone who expresses strong approval)
Shavian (an admirer of G. B. Shaw or his works)
seconder (someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote)
Roundhead (a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War)
mainstay; pillar (a prominent supporter)
Graecophile; philhellene; philhellenist (an admirer of Greece and everything Greek)
New Dealer (a supporter of the economic policies in the United States known as the New Deal)
loyalist; stalwart (a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt))
Jacobite (a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts)
functionalist (an adherent of functionalism)
free trader (an advocate of unrestricted international trade)
Francophil; Francophile (an admirer of France and everything French)
enthusiast; partisan; partizan (an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity)
corporatist (a supporter of corporatism)
Confederate (a supporter of the Confederate States of America)
cheerleader (an enthusiastic and vocal supporter)
Boswell (a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds)
believer; truster (a supporter who accepts something as true)
anglophil; anglophile (an admirer of England and things English)
Derivation:
boost (contribute to the progress or growth of)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb booster
