'apologist' definitions:
Definition of 'apologist'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution; "an apologist for capital punishment" [syn: apologist, vindicator, justifier]
Synonyms of 'apologist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abettor,
- admirer,
- advocate,
- aficionado,
- angel,
- apologete,
- apologizer,
- arguer,
- argufier,
- backer,
- buff,
- casuist,
- champion,
- controversialist,
- debater,
- defender,
- dependence,
- disceptator,
- disputant,
- encourager,
- endorser,
- exponent,
- fan,
- favorer,
- friend at court,
- guard,
- guardhouse lawyer,
- justifier,
- logomacher,
- logomachist,
- lover,
- Maecenas,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- mooter,
- paladin,
- paranymph,
- partisan,
- patron,
- Philadelphia lawyer,
- pilpulist,
- pleader,
- polemic,
- polemicist,
- polemist,
- promoter,
- proponent,
- protagonist,
- protector,
- reliance,
- second,
- seconder,
- sectary,
- sider,
- sponsor,
- stalwart,
- standby,
- successful advocate,
- support,
- supporter,
- sustainer,
- sympathizer,
- upholder,
- vindicator,
- votary,
- well-wisher,
- whitewasher,
- wrangler