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/ˈspɒn.səː/ · noun
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..
He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club.
They were my sponsors for immigration.
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.
And now a word from our sponsor.
Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
Use sponsor when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sponsor means 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..
Common synonyms include patron, underwriter, patronize, frequent.
Possible antonyms include boycott.
He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club.
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