supporter

sup·port·er

S0906800 (sə-pôr′tər)n.1. One that supports, as a structural member of a building.2. One who promotes or advocates; an adherent: a supporter of capitalism.3. An athletic supporter.4. Heraldry An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.

supporter

(səˈpɔːtə) n1. a person who or thing that acts as a support2. a person who backs a sports team, politician, etc3. (Medicine) a garment or device worn to ease the strain on or restrict the movement of a bodily structure or part4. (Heraldry) heraldry a figure or beast in a coat of arms depicted as holding up the shield

sup•port•er

(səˈpɔr tər, -ˈpoʊr-)

n. 1. a person or thing that supports. 2. an adherent, follower, backer, or advocate. 3. a jockstrap. 4. a garter. 5. either of two human or animal figures flanking and supporting an escutcheon. [1400–50]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	supporter - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"admirer, booster, protagonist, champion, friendadvocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an ideaanglophil, anglophile - an admirer of England and things Englishbeliever, truster - a supporter who accepts something as trueBoswell - a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deedscheerleader - an enthusiastic and vocal supporter; "he has become a cheerleader for therapeutic cloning"Confederate - a supporter of the Confederate States of Americacorporatist - a supporter of corporatismenthusiast, partizan, partisan - an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activityFrancophil, Francophile - an admirer of France and everything Frenchfree trader - an advocate of unrestricted international tradefunctionalist - an adherent of functionalismJacobite - a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuartsloyalist, stalwart - a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)New Dealer - a supporter of the economic policies in the United States known as the New DealGraecophile, philhellene, philhellenist - an admirer of Greece and everything Greekmainstay, pillar - a prominent supporter; "he is a pillar of the community"Roundhead - a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil Warseconder - someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or voteShavian - an admirer of G. B. Shaw or his worksendorser, indorser, ratifier, subscriber - someone who expresses strong approvalwell-wisher, sympathiser, sympathizer - someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successfultoaster, wassailer - someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venturemaintainer, sustainer, upholder - someone who upholds or maintains; "firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy"verifier, voucher - someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statementWhig - a supporter of the American Revolution
	2.	supporter - someone who supports or champions somethingsponsor, patronbenefactor, helper - a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)backer, angel - invests in a theatrical productiongodfather - someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchildgodparent - a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptismguarantor, warranter, warrantor, surety - one who provides a warrant or guarantee to anotherpatroness, patronne - a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patronpillar of strength, tower of strength - a person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfort
	3.	supporter - 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"assistant, helper, helpcoadjutor - an assistant to a bishopworker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"accomplice, confederate - a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)auxiliary, aide - someone who acts as assistantattendant, attender, tender - someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of anotherbat boy - (baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipmentdental assistant - an assistant to a dentistdeputy, lieutenant - an assistant with power to act when his superior is absentactor's assistant, dresser - a wardrobe assistant for an actorevent planner - someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials)facilitator - someone who makes progress easierflower girl - a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) processiongirl Friday - a female assistant who has a range of dutiesenforcer, hatchet man - one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superiorcat's-paw, pawn, instrument - a person used by another to gain an endbirthing coach, doula, labor coach, monitrice - an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classesunderboss - an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate)fashion model, manakin, mannequin, mannikin, manikin, model - a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin"poser, model - a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos"paraprofessional - a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professionalpowder monkey - someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship)prompter, theater prompter - someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speechchief assistant, man Friday, right-hand man - the most helpful assistantsecretarial assistant, secretary - an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organizationsidesman - (Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the churchsubordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier - an assistant subject to the authority or control of anotherwater boy, waterer - an assistant who supplies drinking waterwhipper-in - huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds
	4.	supporter - a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)garterband - a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body)
	5.	supporter - a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exerciseathletic supporter, jockstrap, suspensor, jockman's clothing - clothing that is designed for men to wearprotective garment - clothing that is intended to protect the wearer from injury

supporter

noun follower, fan, advocate, friend, champion, ally, defender, sponsor, patron, helper, protagonist, adherent, henchman, apologist, upholder, well-wisher a major supporter of the 1986 tax reform plan
rival, opponent, adversary, competitor, challenger, foe, antagonist

supporter

noun1. One who supports and adheres to another:adherent, cohort, disciple, follower, henchman, minion, partisan, satellite.2. A person who supports or champions an activity, cause, or institution, for example:backer, benefactor, contributor, friend, patron, sponsor.Informal: angel.

Translations

支持者

support

(səˈpoːt) verb1. to bear the weight of, or hold upright, in place etc. That chair won't support him / his weight; He limped home, supported by a friend on either side of him. 支撐 支撑2. to give help, or approval to. He has always supported our cause; His family supported him in his decision. 支援 支持，支援 3. to provide evidence for the truth of. New discoveries have been made that support his theory; The second witness supported the statement of the first one. 證實 证实4. to supply with the means of living. He has a wife and four children to support. 供養 供养 noun1. the act of supporting or state of being supported. That type of shoe doesn't give the foot much support; The plan was cancelled because of lack of support; Her job is the family's only means of support; I would like to say a word or two in support of his proposal. 支援，幫助 支持，帮助 2. something that supports. One of the supports of the bridge collapsed. 支柱 支柱supˈporter noun a person who helps or supports (a person, cause, team etc). a crowd of football supporters. 支持者 支持者supˈporting adjective (of an actor, rôle etc) secondary to the leading actor, rôle etc. He has had many supporting rôles; a supporting cast. 配角 配角

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