Proponent

/pɹəˈpəʊnənt/

Synonyms for "proponent" (119 found)

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Noun(18 words)

advocate exponent adducent adducer adherents admirer adopter advanceradvocate of utilitarianismadvocates advocator altruists amoralist apologists apostle apostles backer bastion

adherent advocate apologete apologist apologizer backer

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Noun(23 words)

believer believers birther campaigners catalanizing champ champion collectivists colonialists contender crusader debater debaters disciples enthusiasts evangelist evangelistsfree market proponentideologistsideology adherent

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initiators integrationist interventionist

champion defender enthusiast exponent expounder follower friend justifier

Adjective(5 words)

gilbertian huxleianinfluential advocateleibnizianlibertarian municipalist

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Noun(39 words)

malthusian marxist maximalist missionary modernists mongermore conservationalmost communalisticnationalists pleaders preacher preachers pro progressivist prohibitionist promoter promoters protagonists purveyors pusher

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pushers rationalist republican restorationist revivalistsrevolutionary advocatespiritualist sponsors stalwart suggester supporter sympathizer theorist theorists truthers veblen vegans vindicators zionist

Adjective(4 words)

newtonian periclean progressive totalitarian

partisan party patron pleader promoter proposer spokesman spokesperson spokeswoman subscribersuccessful advocatesupporter upholder vindicator whitewasher

Determiner(1 words)

the champion

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More general

5 entries

actor advocate doer supporter worker

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4 entries

education proponentpolicy proponentreform proponentscience proponent

Collocations

6 entries

academic proponenteducation proponentpolicy proponentreform proponentstrong proponentvocal proponent

Inflections

1 entries

proponents

Sample sentences

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Having worked at the cafeteria for ten years, Mary was a big proponent of meatloaf.

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The Guinness World Record for the longest temper tantrum occurred when individual Berber languages were added to the website tatoeba.org, deeply upsetting an enthusiastic proponent of Standard Algerian Berber.

Source: tatoeba (8614745)

Lee is a longtime proponent of UBI.

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Tom is a proponent of green consumerism.

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