Supporter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /səˈpɔː.tə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Supporter is a noun meaning A person who gives support to someone or something.
Meaning
A person who gives support to someone or something.
More Meanings
- Something that supports another thing.
Example Sentences
Combustibility, then, is not a quality of the combustible, taken by itself. It is merely a faculty which may be brought into action through the instrumentality of a corresponding faculty in some other body. It is, in the case now before us, the union of the combustible with oxygen, and which, for this reason, is called the "supporter"; neither of which, however, when taken alone, can be consumed. To effect combustion, then, we must have a combustible and a supporter of combustion.
Word Forms
- supporters
Synonyms for supporter
Depending on context, synonyms include adherent, proponent, champion, patron, friend, protagonist.
Antonyms for supporter
Common opposites include detractor, opponent.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include patron, assistant, sponsor, helper, help, booster.
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