1. Someone who upholds or maintains
   "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy"
   - upholder, maintainer

Derived forms: sustainers

See also: sustain

Type of: admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter

• in one's own right
• in operation
• in order
• in order that
• in order to
• in other words
• in particular
• in passing
• in perpetuity
• in place
• in play
• in point of fact
• in practice
• in principle
• in private
• in public
• in question
• in re
• in reality
• in return
• in secret
• in series
• in short
• in short order
• in small stages