1. supporter(n = noun.person) admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
is a kind of advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent
has particulars: anglophil, anglophile, believer, truster, boswell, cheerleader, confederate, corporatist, enthusiast, partisan, partizan, francophil, francophile, free trader, functionalist, jacobite, loyalist, stalwart, new dealer, graecophile, philhellene, philhellenist, mainstay, pillar, roundhead, seconder, shavian, endorser, indorser, ratifier, subscriber, sympathiser, sympathizer, well-wisher, toaster, wassailer, maintainer, sustainer, upholder, verifier, voucher, whig
Derived forms verb support8, verb support3
2. supporter(n = noun.person) patron, sponsor - someone who supports or champions something;
is a kind of benefactor, helper
has particulars: angel, backer, godfather, godparent, guarantor, surety, warranter, warrantor, patroness, patronne, pillar of strength, tower of strength
Derived forms verb support8, verb support10, verb support1
3. supporter(n = noun.person) assistant, help, helper - 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"
is a kind of worker
has particulars: coadjutor, accomplice, confederate, aide, auxiliary, attendant, attender, tender, bat boy, dental assistant, deputy, lieutenant, actor's assistant, dresser, event planner, facilitator, flower girl, girl friday, enforcer, hatchet man, cat's-paw, instrument, pawn, birthing coach, doula, labor coach, monitrice, underboss, fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model, model, poser, paraprofessional, powder monkey, prompter, theater prompter, chief assistant, man friday, right-hand man, secretarial assistant, secretary, sidesman, foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling, water boy, waterer, whipper-in
Derived form verb support1
4. supporter(n = noun.artifact) garter - a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve);
is a kind of band
Derived form verb support4
5. supporter(n = noun.artifact) athletic supporter, jock, jockstrap, suspensor - a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise;
is a kind of man's clothing, protective garment
1. One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life. [1913 Webster]
"The sockets and supporters of flowers are figured." [1913 Webster]
"The saints have a . . . supporter in all their miseries." [1913 Webster]
2. Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate. [1913 Webster]
3. A knee placed under the cathead. [1913 Webster]
4. 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. A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or some other part or organ. [1913 Webster]
supporter, n.
1 a person or thing that supports, esp. a person supporting a team or sport.
2 Heraldry the representation of an animal etc., usu. one of a pair, holding up or standing beside an escutcheon.
N politics, political science, candidacy, campaign, campaigning, electioneering, partisanship, ideology, factionalism, election, poll, ballot, vote, referendum, recall, initiative, voice, suffrage, plumper, cumulative vote, plebiscitum, plebiscite, vox populi, electioneering, voting, elective franchise, straight ticket, opinion poll, popularity poll, issue, opinion, stand, position, program, platform, party line, democracy, republicanism, communism, statism, state socialism, socialism, conservatism, toryism, liberalism, whigism, theocracy, constitutional monarchy, party, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Socialist Party, Communist Party, Federalist Party, Bull Moose Party, Abolitionist Party, Christian Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party, National Socialist Worker's Party, Nazi Party, Liberal Party, Labor Party, Conservative Party, ticket, slate, politician activist, candidate, aspirant, hopeful, office-seeker, front- runner, dark horse, long shot, shoo-in, supporter, backer, political worker, campaign worker, lobbyist, contributor, party hack, ward heeler, regional candidate, favorite son, running mate, stalking horse, perpetual candidate, political animal, political contribution, campaign contribution, political action committee, PAC, political district, electoral division, electoral district, bailiwick, electorate, constituents, get-out-the-vote campaign, political education, negative campaigning, dirty politics, smear campaign, also-ran, loser, has-been, office holder, official, occupant of a position, public servant, incumbent, winner, political, partisan, Money is the mother's milk of politics.
N support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib, point d'appui, pou sto, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place, groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand, anvil, fulciment, cue rest, jigger, monkey, stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage, sleeper, stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle, bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster, pediment, pedicle, pedestal, plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle, buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment, baluster, banister, stanchion, balustrade, headstone, upright, door post, jamb, door jamb, frame, framework, scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom, rung, round, step, sill, angle rafter, hip rafter, cantilever, modillion, crown post, king post, vertebra, columella, backbone, keystone, axle, axletree, axis, arch, mainstay, trunnion, pivot, rowlock, peg, tiebeam, thole pin, board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack, mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf, slab, console, counter, dresser, flange, corbel, table, trestle, shoulder, perch, horse, easel, desk, clotheshorse, hatrack, retable, teapoy, seat, throne, dais, divan, musnud, chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair, couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench, aparejo, faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi, saddle, pannel, pillion, side saddle, pack saddle, pommel, bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead, four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang, bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse, pillow, bolster, mat, rug, cushion, footstool, hassock, tabouret, tripod, monopod, Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules, supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous, astride on, straddle.