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Synonyms for supporter

  • noun

Most common

friend advocate follower admirer jock strap athletic supporter assistant patron

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Advocate

friend, advocate, follower, admirer, adherent, apologist, defender, champion, partisan, disciple, maintainer, booster, protagonist, upholder, well-willer dated

2. Athletic supporter

jock strap, athletic supporter, jock, suspensor

3. Assistant

assistant, helper, help

4. Patron

patron, sponsor, favorer US, favourer UK

Other

proponent, support, sustainer, pillar, second, prop, stay, brace, dependence, garter, abettor US, abetter UK

Antonyms

enemy, detractor, opponent

All antonyms of supporter →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person who gives support to someone or something. A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.

  2. n. 2

    A person who gives support to someone or something. A person who provides moral or physical support to another; an attendant participating in a ceremony or procession.

  3. n. 3

    A person who gives support to someone or something. Someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson.

    More than 10,000 supporters attended the last match.

  4. n. 4

    Something that supports another thing.

Related words

Phrases
athletic supporter glory supporter

Forms

Plural
supporters → friends, advocates, followers, admirers…

Choose the right word

Supporter, Aider, Adherent or Partisan?

One may be an aider and supporter of a party or church, while not an adherent to all its doctrines or claims. One may be an adherent or supporter of a party and not a partisan.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • advocate They advocate for the protection of humain rights.
  • follower Layla was a rule-follower and a good student.
  • admirer John had no idea who his secret admirer could be.
  • adherent I'm not an adherent of Islam.
  • proponent James was unusual for a proponent of the old ways.
  • sustainer God is the creator and sustainer of the universe.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
supporterrising
advocatesteady
followersteady
admirersteady
adherentfalling
proponentrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
help1, stay1, prop1, jock1
5 letters
brace1
6 letters
second2, friend1, patron2, pillar2, helper2, garter2
7 letters
support2, sponsor2, booster2, admirer3, abettor, abetter, favorer
8 letters
champion3, advocate3, defender3, partisan3, follower3, disciple3, adherent3, upholder, favourer
9 letters
assistant3, proponent3, apologist4, sustainer, suspensor
10 letters
dependence3, maintainer
11 letters
protagonist4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (second2 = 2 syllables).