'Backer' definitions:
Definition of 'Backer'
From: GCIDE
- Backer \Back"er\ (b[a^]k"[~e]r), n. One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'backer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abettor,
- acquaintance,
- admirer,
- advocate,
- aficionado,
- aid,
- aider,
- ally,
- almoner,
- almsgiver,
- alter ego,
- angel,
- apologist,
- assignor,
- assister,
- awarder,
- befriender,
- benefactor,
- benefactress,
- benefiter,
- best friend,
- bestower,
- bettor,
- bosom friend,
- brother,
- buff,
- casual acquaintance,
- champion,
- cheerful giver,
- close acquaintance,
- close friend,
- conferrer,
- confidant,
- confidante,
- consignor,
- contributor,
- defender,
- dependence,
- Dionysus,
- donator,
- donor,
- encourager,
- endorser,
- exponent,
- fairy godmother,
- familiar,
- fan,
- favorer,
- fellow,
- fellow creature,
- fellowman,
- feoffor,
- financer,
- friend,
- friend at court,
- funder,
- giver,
- good person,
- good Samaritan,
- grantor,
- grubstaker,
- guarantor,
- help,
- helper,
- helping hand,
- imparter,
- inseparable friend,
- intimate,
- investor,
- jack-at-a-pinch,
- lady bountiful,
- lover,
- Maecenas,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- meal ticket,
- ministering angel,
- ministrant,
- neighbor,
- other self,
- paranymph,
- partisan,
- patron,
- patroness,
- philanthropist,
- pickup,
- presenter,
- promoter,
- protagonist,
- punter,
- reliance,
- repository,
- Samaritan,
- Santa Claus,
- second,
- seconder,
- sectary,
- settler,
- sider,
- sponsor,
- staker,
- stalwart,
- standby,
- subscriber,
- succorer,
- sugar daddy,
- support,
- supporter,
- surety,
- sustainer,
- sympathizer,
- testate,
- testator,
- testatrix,
- underwriter,
- upholder,
- votary,
- vouchsafer,
- well-wisher