'Booster' definitions:
Definition of 'booster'
From: WordNet
noun
A person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" [syn: supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend]
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A thief who steals goods that are in a store [syn: booster, shoplifter, lifter]
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An amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal [syn: booster, booster amplifier, booster station, relay link, relay station, relay transmitter]
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The first stage of a multistage rocket [syn: booster, booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket]
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An additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective [syn: booster, booster dose, booster shot, recall dose]
Definition of 'Booster'
From: GCIDE
- Booster \Boost"er\ (b[=oo]st"[~e]r), n.
- 1. (Elec.) An instrument for regulating the electro-motive force in an alternating-current circuit; -- so called because used to "boost", or raise, the pressure in the circuit. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. an enthusiastic supporter. [PJC]
- 3. the first stage of a multistage rocket, providing all or part of the driving force at lift-off and until the second stage ignites, whether or not the booster stage is detached after the fuel is spent. Also called {booster rocket}. In some cases, a booster has been used to assist the takeoff of airplanes. [PJC]
- 4. (Med.) an immunizing medication given after an initial immunizing treatment, to provide increased or extended immunity. Also called booster dose. When in the form of an injection, it may be called a booster shot. [PJC]
- 5. any auxiliary device or part of a device to provide increased power, force, or effectiveness, as with a pumping device. [PJC]
- 6. (Mil.) an explosive charge which is more powerful than a primer, used in conjunction with a primer to assure detonation of the main charge. Integrated blasting caps containing separate compartments for primer and booster are used as detonators for certain explosives. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'booster'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adherent,
- admirer,
- amateur,
- antitoxin,
- applauder,
- appreciator,
- bag,
- bang,
- blind,
- body snatcher,
- bonnet,
- booster amplifiers,
- booster dose,
- booster rocket,
- booster shot,
- boosters,
- buff,
- capper,
- chicken thief,
- claqueur,
- collector,
- commender,
- communication satellite,
- Comsat,
- con man,
- crook,
- deck,
- den of thieves,
- devotee,
- dilettante,
- dose,
- draft,
- dropping,
- drug packet,
- embezzler,
- encomiast,
- eulogist,
- eulogizer,
- extoller,
- fan,
- fancier,
- filcher,
- fix,
- follower,
- ganef,
- ghoul,
- grafter,
- grave robber,
- groupie,
- hit,
- hypodermic,
- hypodermic injection,
- idolater,
- idolizer,
- injection,
- inoculation,
- Intelsat,
- jet injection,
- jewel thief,
- land pirate,
- land shark,
- land-grabber,
- larcener,
- larcenist,
- lauder,
- lifter,
- mainlining,
- multistage rocket,
- narcotic injection,
- narcotic shot,
- overdose,
- panegyrist,
- peculator,
- petty thief,
- pilferer,
- plugger,
- poacher,
- popping,
- portion,
- potion,
- praiser,
- promoter,
- prowler,
- puffer,
- purloiner,
- relay links,
- robber,
- rooter,
- scrounger,
- shill,
- shooting up,
- shoplifter,
- shot,
- single-stage rocket,
- skin-popping,
- sneak thief,
- stealer,
- step rocket,
- stick,
- stratovision,
- swindler,
- Syncom,
- Telstar,
- thief,
- three-stage rocket,
- tout,
- touter,
- vaccination,
- vaccine,
- votary,
- white-collar thief,
- worshiper