'Supporter' definitions:
Definition of 'supporter'
(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]
noun
noun
A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" [syn: assistant, helper, help, supporter]
noun
A band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve) [syn: garter, supporter]
noun
A support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise [syn: athletic supporter, supporter, suspensor, jockstrap, jock]
Definition of 'Supporter'
From: GCIDE
- Supporter \Sup*port"er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life. [1913 Webster]
- The sockets and supporters of flowers are figured. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- The saints have a . . . supporter in all their miseries. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Shipbuilding) A knee placed under the cathead. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Her.) A figure, sometimes of a man, but commonly of some animal, placed on either side of an escutcheon, and exterior to it. Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon are similar figures. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Med.) A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or some other part or organ. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'supporter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abettor,
- acquaintance,
- adherent,
- admirer,
- advocate,
- aficionado,
- aid,
- almoner,
- almsgiver,
- alpenstock,
- alter ego,
- angel,
- apologist,
- appendage,
- arm,
- assignor,
- assistant,
- athletic supporter,
- attendant,
- awarder,
- back,
- backbone,
- backer,
- backing,
- bandeau,
- bearer,
- best friend,
- bestower,
- bosom friend,
- bra,
- brace,
- bracer,
- braces,
- bracket,
- brassiere,
- brother,
- buff,
- buttress,
- cane,
- carrier,
- casual acquaintance,
- cavaliere servente,
- cervix,
- champion,
- cheerful giver,
- close acquaintance,
- close friend,
- cohort,
- conferrer,
- confidant,
- confidante,
- consignor,
- contributor,
- corset,
- courtier,
- crook,
- crutch,
- dangler,
- defender,
- dependence,
- dependent,
- devotee,
- disciple,
- donator,
- donor,
- encourager,
- endorser,
- enthusiast,
- exponent,
- expounder,
- fairy godmother,
- familiar,
- fan,
- favorer,
- fellow,
- fellow creature,
- fellowman,
- feoffor,
- financer,
- flunky,
- follower,
- following,
- foundation garment,
- friend,
- friend at court,
- fulcrum,
- funder,
- galluses,
- girdle,
- giver,
- grantor,
- grubstaker,
- guard,
- guy,
- guywire,
- hanger,
- hanger-on,
- helper,
- henchman,
- homme de cour,
- imparter,
- inseparable friend,
- intimate,
- jock,
- jockstrap,
- lady bountiful,
- lover,
- Maecenas,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- mast,
- meal ticket,
- neck,
- neighbor,
- other self,
- pair of suspenders,
- paladin,
- paranymph,
- parasite,
- partisan,
- patron,
- patroness,
- philanthropist,
- pickup,
- presenter,
- promoter,
- prop,
- proponent,
- protagonist,
- protector,
- public,
- pursuer,
- pursuivant,
- reinforce,
- reinforcement,
- reinforcer,
- reliance,
- repository,
- rest,
- resting place,
- rigging,
- Santa Claus,
- satellite,
- second,
- seconder,
- sectary,
- settler,
- shadow,
- shoulder,
- shroud,
- sider,
- spine,
- sponsor,
- sprit,
- staff,
- staker,
- stalwart,
- standby,
- standing rigging,
- stave,
- stay,
- stick,
- stiffener,
- stooge,
- strengthener,
- subscriber,
- successor,
- sugar daddy,
- support,
- suspender,
- suspenders,
- sustainer,
- sympathizer,
- tagtail,
- tail,
- testate,
- testator,
- testatrix,
- trainbearer,
- upholder,
- vindicator,
- votary,
- vouchsafer,
- walking stick,
- ward heeler,
- well-wisher
Words containing 'Supporter'
- Support,
- Supportable,
- Supportableness,
- Supportably,
- Supportance,
- Supportation,
- Supported,
- Supportful,
- Supporting,
- Supportment,
- supportive,
- Points of support,
- Right of support,
- Support arms,
- Supporter of combustion,
- arch support,
- athletic supporter,
- child support,
- close support,
- direct support,
- financial support,
- interagency support,
- interdepartmental support,
- life support,
- logistic support,
- moral support,
- price support,
- support column,
- support hose,
- support level,
- support payment,
- support stocking,
- support system,
- supporters of islam,
- supporting fire,
- supporting players,
- supporting structure,
- supporting tower,
- close supporting fire,
- deep supporting fire,
- direct supporting fire,
- integrated logistic support,
- international logistic support,
- life-support,
- office of intelligence support,
- self-supporting,
- state-supported,
- inter-service support,
- life-support system,
- electronic warfare-support measures