Synonyms for upholder
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Someone who upholds something.
an upholder of ethical principles
Forms
- Plural
- upholders → advocates, defenders, supporters, maintainers…
Example sentences
- advocate They advocate for the protection of humain rights.
- defender He is the most fearsome defender in the league.
- supporter The communist got his dependable supporter at last.
- maintainer What is there a corpus maintainer for?
- adherent I'm not an adherent of Islam.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| upholder | falling | |
| advocate | steady | |
| defender | steady | |
| supporter | rising | |
| maintainer | steady | |
| adherent | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- stay1
- 8 letters
- advocate3, defender3, adherent3
- 9 letters
- supporter3, sustainer
- 10 letters
- maintainer
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (advocate3 = 3 syllables).