"booster" | Definition and Related Words

booster

Noun

A person who backs a politician or a team etc. (synset 110697152)
"all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"

is a type of: advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
subtypes:
- anglophil, anglophile - an admirer of England and things English
- believer, truster - a supporter who accepts something as true
- boswell - a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds
- cheerleader - an enthusiastic and vocal supporter
- confederate - a supporter of the Confederate States of America
- corporatist - a supporter of corporatism
- enthusiast, partisan, partizan - an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
- francophil, francophile - an admirer of France and everything French
- free trader - an advocate of unrestricted international trade
- functionalist - an adherent of functionalism
- jacobite - a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts
- loyalist, stalwart - a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
- new dealer - a supporter of the economic policies in the United States known as the New Deal
- graecophile, philhellene, philhellenist - an admirer of Greece and everything Greek
- mainstay, pillar - a prominent supporter
- roundhead - a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War
- seconder - someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote
- shavian - an admirer of G. B. Shaw or his works
- endorser, indorser, ratifier, subscriber - someone who expresses strong approval
- sympathiser, sympathizer, well-wisher - someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful
- toaster, wassailer - someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture
- maintainer, sustainer, upholder - someone who upholds or maintains
- verifier, voucher - someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement
- whig - a supporter of the American Revolution
same as: admirer, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter
Someone who is an active supporter and advocate (synset 110501805)
is a type of: adman, advertiser, advertizer - someone whose business is advertising

subtypes: barker - someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers

same as: plugger, promoter
A thief who steals goods that are in a store (synset 109886067)
is a type of: stealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

same as: lifter, shoplifter
An amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal (synset 102875890)
is a type of: amplifier - electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it

is a part of: communication equipment, communication system - facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information

same as: booster amplifier, booster station, relay link, relay station, relay transmitter
The first stage of a multistage rocket (synset 102875694)
is a type of: rocket, rocket engine - a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

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

same as: booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket
An additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective (synset 102875533)
is a type of: dosage, dose - a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

same as: booster dose, booster shot, recall dose

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