Synonyms for backer
Definitions
- n. 1
One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.
Related words
- Phrases
- backer board
Forms
- Plural
- backers → sponsors, angels, seconds, adherents…
Choose the right word
Backer is a sporting and theatrical word, personal in its application, and not in the best usage.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- sponsor My sponsor was willing to agree to my suggestion.
By length
- 5 letters
- angel2
- 6 letters
- second2
- 7 letters
- sponsor2, favorer
- 8 letters
- adherent3, favourer
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (angel2 = 2 syllables).