supporter
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
all their supporters came out for the game
Types & categories
- exponent hypernym
- anglophile hyponym
- believer hyponym
- Boswell hyponym
- cheerleader hyponym
- Confederate hyponym
- corporatist hyponym
- partizan hyponym
- Francophile hyponym
- free trader hyponym
- functionalist hyponym
- Jacobite hyponym
- loyalist hyponym
- New Dealer hyponym
- philhellene hyponym
- mainstay hyponym
- Roundhead hyponym
- seconder hyponym
- Shavian hyponym
- endorser hyponym
- well-wisher hyponym
- toaster hyponym
- upholder hyponym
- voucher hyponym
- Whig hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
someone who supports or champions something
Types & categories
- benefactor hypernym
- backer hyponym
- godfather hyponym
- godparent hyponym
- guarantor hyponym
- patroness hyponym
- tower of strength hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
my invaluable assistant
Types & categories
- worker hypernym
- coadjutor hyponym
- accomplice hyponym
- auxiliary hyponym
- attendant hyponym
- bat boy hyponym
- dental assistant hyponym
- deputy hyponym
- actor's assistant hyponym
- event planner hyponym
- facilitator hyponym
- flower girl hyponym
- girl Friday hyponym
- enforcer hyponym
- cat's-paw hyponym
- labor coach hyponym
- underboss hyponym
- manakin hyponym
- poser hyponym
- paraprofessional hyponym
- powder monkey hyponym
- prompter hyponym
- right-hand man hyponym
- secretarial assistant hyponym
- sidesman hyponym
- subordinate hyponym
- water boy hyponym
- whipper-in hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)
Types & categories
- band hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise
Types & categories
- man's clothing hypernym
- protective garment hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | defend |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | champion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | admire |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | back |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | encourage |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | exponent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anglophile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | believer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Boswell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cheerleader |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Confederate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | corporatist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | partizan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Francophile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | free trader |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | functionalist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Jacobite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | loyalist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | New Dealer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | philhellene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mainstay |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Roundhead |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | seconder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Shavian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | endorser |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | well-wisher |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | toaster |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | upholder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | voucher |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Whig |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sponsorship |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | defend |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | patronage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sponsor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sponsor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | support |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | benefactor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | backer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | godfather |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | godparent |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | guarantor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | patroness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tower of strength |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | assist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | help |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | support |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | assistant |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | worker |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | coadjutor |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | accomplice |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | auxiliary |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | attendant |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bat boy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dental assistant |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | deputy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | actor's assistant |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | event planner |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | facilitator |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | flower girl |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | girl Friday |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | enforcer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cat's-paw |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | labor coach |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | underboss |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | manakin |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | poser |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | paraprofessional |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | powder monkey |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | prompter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | right-hand man |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | secretarial assistant |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sidesman |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | subordinate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | water boy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | whipper-in |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hold up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | garter |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | band |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | man's clothing |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | protective garment |