Well-wisher

Quick meaning: Well-wisher is a noun meaning Someone who extends good wishes, or expresses sympathy, to someone else.

Meaning

Someone who extends good wishes, or expresses sympathy, to someone else.

More Meanings

1. (nonce word, rare) Someone who makes a wish at a wishing well.
2. (obsolete, rare) Followed by to: someone who has an ambition to be or become something.

Example Sentences

Already a J72 0-6-0T has been promised by a well-wisher and will be re-painted in North Eastern Railway livery.

[G]ive me the hopes of my dear girl's approaching felicity, equal to the deſires of / Her ſincereſt VVellvviſher, / LAVINIA RAWLINS.

Nor did he ſeem to have made an unreaſonable reply to them both, and it vvas eaſy for a ſpeech to be received favorably amongſt vvellvviſhers.

[T]he actual traytor or rebel is guilty of perjury in the eye of the lavv; the ſecret promoter, or vvell-vviſher of the cauſe, is ſo before the Tribunal of conſcience.

Word Forms

• well-wishers

Synonyms for well-wisher

Depending on context, synonyms include well-willer, sympathizer.

Antonyms for well-wisher

Common opposites include ill-willer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sympathizer, welcomee, regards, wayfellow, guest, hailfellow.

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