supporter

1. 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, booster, champion, friend, protagonist
2. Someone who supports or champions something (synset 110427699)
   is a type of: benefactor, helper - a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
   subtypes:

   • angel, backer - invests in a theatrical production
   • godfather - someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild
   • godparent - a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism
   • guarantor, surety, warranter, warrantor - one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another
   • patroness, patronne - a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
   • pillar of strength, tower of strength - a person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfort
   same as: patron, sponsor
3. A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose (synset 109835195)
   "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"
   is a type of: worker - a person who works at a specific occupation
   subtypes:

   • 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
   • 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
   • underboss - an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate)
   • fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, 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
   • chief assistant, man friday, right-hand man - the most helpful assistant
   • secretarial assistant, secretary - an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
   • sidesman - (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church
   • foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling - an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
   • water boy, waterer - an assistant who supplies drinking water
   • whipper-in - huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds
   same as: assistant, help, helper
4. A band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) (synset 103426027)
   is a type 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)
   same as: garter
5. A support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise (synset 102755620)
   is a type of:

   • man's clothing - clothing that is designed for men to wear
   • protective garment - clothing that is intended to protect the wearer from injury
   same as: athletic supporter, jock, jockstrap, suspensor

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