supporternoun [ C ]
uk/səˈpɔː.tər/us/səˈpɔːr.t̬ɚ/B2 someone who supports a particular idea, group, or person:
He is one of the president's strongest supporters within industry.
B1 UK US fan someone who wants a particular team to win and might show it by going to watch the team play:
Thousands of supporters have travelled to London for the cup final.
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- He is a declared supporter of the scheme.
- I'd marked her down as a Labour Party supporter, but I was completely wrong.
- Coventry City football club counted their millionth supporter through the gates last Saturday.
- She's a self-professed supporter of prison reform.
- She has been a stalwart supporter of the party for many years.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Supporters, members & defenders
- -arian
- -ista
- apologist
- apparatchik
- benefactor
- cadre
- camp follower
- campaigner
- cardholder
- champion
- chaperone
- cohort
- company man
- contributor
- evolutionist
- initiate
- new/fresh blood idiom
- referee
- renegade
- stakeholder
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Audiences and spectators
Spectators & commentators at sports events