He has a wealthy supporter behind him.
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Supporter
//səˈpɔː.tə//
Synonyms for "supporter" (213 found)
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Closest matches (43)
Strong matches (64)
bracketbrassierebrotherbuffbuttresscanecarriercasual acquaintancecavaliere serventecervixchampioncheerful giverclose acquaintanceclose friendcohortconferrerconfidantconfidanteconsignorcontributor
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Related words (106)
guardguyguywirehangerhanger onhanger-onhelperhenchmanhomme de courimparterinseparable friendintimatejockjockstraplady bountifullovermaecenasmainstaymaintainermast
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2 entriesSynonyms
6 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
136 translations across 41 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- ondersteuner noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- ondersteuner noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
- stut noun (something that supports a structure such as a building or a sculpture)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- azarkeş noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
- tərəfdar noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Bulgarian
3 entries- поддръжник noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- подпора noun (something that supports a structure such as a building or a sculpture)
- привърженик noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
Catalan
1 entries- aguantador noun (animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms)
Czech
1 entries- štítonoš noun (animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms)
Danish
1 entries- skjoldholder noun (animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms)
Dutch
4 entries- partijganger noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- partijgangster noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- schildhouder noun (animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms)
- supporter noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
Esperanto
2 entries- apoganto noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- subtenanto noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Finnish
2 entries- kannattaja noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- kilvenkannattaja noun (animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms)
French
4 entries- partisan noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- partisane noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- support noun (animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms)
- supporter noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Georgian
4 entries- გულშემატკივარი noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
- მიმდევარი noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- მომხრე noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- მხარდამჭერი noun (person who supports, an adherent)
German
4 entries- Anhänger noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- Anhängerin noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- Parteigänger noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- Parteigängerin noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Hindi
3 entries- तरफ़दार noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- समर्थक noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- समर्थक noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
Hungarian
4 entries- drukker noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
- pártfogó noun (person who provides moral or physical support to another)
- rajongó noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
- szurkoló noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
Icelandic
1 entries- skjaldberi noun (animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms)
Indonesian
3 entries- pendukung noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- pendukung noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
- suporter noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
Italian
4 entries- aderente noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- fautore noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- fautrice noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- promotore noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Kannada
1 entries- ಬೆಂಬಲಿಗ noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Latin
4 entries- adsēnsor noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- assēnsor noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- fautor noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- fautrīx noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Lithuanian
2 entries- šalininkas noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- šalininkė noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Macedonian
2 entries- поддржувач noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- штитодр́жач noun (animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms)
Malay
1 entries- penyokong noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
Middle English
1 entries- favourere noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Māori
4 entries- kaitaunaki noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- kaitautāwhi noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- kaitautāwhi noun (person who provides moral or physical support to another)
- tuarā noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Norman
1 entries- partisan noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- fan noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
- skjoldholder noun (animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms)
- supporter noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
- tilhenger noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- skjoldhaldar noun (animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms)
Occitan
2 entries- partisan noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- suportaire noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دستك noun (person who provides moral or physical support to another)
Polish
4 entries- adherent noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- adherentka noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- kibic noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
- stronniczka noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Portuguese
4 entries- adepto noun (someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson)
- apoiador noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- apoiadora noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- apoiante noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Romanian
2 entries- partizan noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- suporter noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Russian
4 entries- побо́рник noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- побо́рница noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- приве́рженец noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- приве́рженка noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Sinhalese
3 entries- අනුගාමිකයා noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- ආධාරකරු noun (person who provides moral or physical support to another)
- සහකරු noun (person who provides moral or physical support to another)
Spanish
4 entries- acuerpante noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- advocante noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- apoyador noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- apoyadora noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Sundanese
1 entries- bobotoh noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Swedish
3 entries- anhängare noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- partigängare noun (person who supports, an adherent)
- sköldhållare noun (animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms)
Tamil
1 entries- ஆதரவாளர் noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Thai
1 entries- ผู้สนับสนุน noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Welsh
1 entries- cefnogwr noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Yoruba
1 entries- alátìlẹ́yìn noun (person who supports, an adherent)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
She is a strenuous supporter of women's rights.
Source: tatoeba (314985)
The communist got his dependable supporter at last.
Source: tatoeba (327165)
I'm not a big supporter of the radio.
Source: tatoeba (1165349)
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