Sponsor

Quick meaning: Sponsor is a noun meaning (transitive) To be a sponsor for.

Meaning

(transitive) To be a sponsor for.

More Meanings

1. A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
2. A person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, media program, etc., usually in exchange for advertising.

Example Sentences

And now a word from our sponsor.

They were my sponsors for immigration.

He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club.

The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.

Word Forms

• sponsors
• sponsoring
• sponsored

Synonyms for sponsor

Depending on context, synonyms include patron, underwriter, patronize, frequent, supporter, shop.

Antonyms for sponsor

Common opposites include boycott.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include supporter, patronize, patron, shop, frequent, delegation.

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