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SUPPORTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise
Synonyms:
athletic supporter; jock; jockstrap; supporter; suspensor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("supporter" is a kind of...):
man's clothing (clothing that is designed for men to wear)
protective garment (clothing that is intended to protect the wearer from injury)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
Synonyms:
garter; supporter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("supporter" is a kind of...):
band (a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body))
Derivation:
support (be the physical support of; carry the weight of)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
Example:
they hired additional help to finish the work
Synonyms:
assistant; help; helper; supporter
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("supporter" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supporter"):
whipper-in (huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds)
water boy; waterer (an assistant who supplies drinking water)
foot soldier; subordinate; subsidiary; underling (an assistant subject to the authority or control of another)
sidesman ((Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church)
secretarial assistant; secretary (an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization)
chief assistant; man Friday; right-hand man (the most helpful assistant)
prompter; theater prompter (someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech)
powder monkey (someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship))
paraprofessional (a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional)
model; poser (a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor)
fashion model; manakin; manikin; mannequin; mannikin; model (a woman who wears clothes to display fashions)
underboss (an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate))
birthing coach; doula; labor coach; 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)
coadjutor (an assistant to a bishop)
accomplice; confederate (a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan))
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)
dental assistant (an assistant to a dentist)
deputy; lieutenant (an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent)
actor's assistant; dresser (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)
enforcer; hatchet man (one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior)
cat's-paw; instrument; pawn (a person used by another to gain an end)
Derivation:
support (give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Someone who supports or champions something
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("supporter" is a kind of...):
benefactor; helper (a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supporter"):
pillar of strength; tower of strength (a person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfort)
patroness; patronne (a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron)
guarantor; surety; warranter; warrantor (one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another)
godparent (a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism)
godfather (someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild)
angel; backer (invests in a theatrical production)
Derivation:
support (argue or speak in defense of)
support (be a regular customer or client of)
support (give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to)
Sense 5
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 ("supporter" 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 "supporter"):
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:
support (argue or speak in defense of)
support (be behind; approve of)
