supporter
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supporter
- /səˈpɔː.tə/ UK
- /səˈpɔɹ.tɚ/ US
- /-ɾɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English supporter, supportour, equivalent to support + -er.
noun supporters
- A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent. During the latter part of the rebellion, he has pretended to be a warm supporter of the Government, and he may have been sincere; but, from what others have told me, he said to them he was not during the early part of the rebellion.
- A person who provides moral or physical support to another; an attendant participating in a ceremony or procession. The Inthronization. The King ascended the Theatre, accompanied by the two Bishops his Supporters, the Great Officers of State, the Lords carrying the Swords, and the Lords who had borne Their Majesties' Regalia, and was Inthroned by the Archbishops, Bishops, and the other Peers, who then stood about
- Someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson. More than 10,000 supporters attended the last match.
- Something that supports another thing. 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 th
- Something that supports a structure such as a building or a sculpture. Plane surfaces predominate in this factory. The glass and iron walls are joined cleanly at the corners without the intervention of piers[…]. [Peter] Behrens bounded the glass walls of his famous Turbine Hall right and left with monumental cyclopean walls. These have disappeared with [Walter] Gropius
- An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms. […] I am fully perſuaded that there cannot remain a doubt of the uſe of ſupporters having originated from the fancy of ſeal-engravers. Supporters were likewiſe anciently uſed by divers perſons in private life, as appears by their ſeals, who had offices of high dignity in the ſtate, and more eſpecial
- A garter worn around the leg to support a sock or stocking. From the radiator, where he was attaching supporters to his socks, Zooey glanced up at her.
- Clipping of athletic supporter
Similar: adherent, proponent · Opposite: detractor, opponent
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: patron, assistant, sponsor, helper, help, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, admirer, garter, backer, proponent, sponsorship, spokesperson, contributor
Translations
Every language
noun person who supports, an adherent
| Español | apoyador, apoyadora, apoyante, partidiario, acuerpante, secundante |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 지지자 jijija |
| 日本語 | 支持者 shijisha |
| 中文 | 支持者 zhīchízhě |
| हिन्दी | समर्थक samarthak, तरफ़दार tarafdār |
| Português | apoiador, apoiadora, apoiante |
| Français | partisan, partisane, supporter, supporteur, supporteuse, supportrice |
| Deutsch | Unterstützer, Unterstützerin, Anhänger, Anhängerin, Parteigänger, Parteigängerin |
| Italiano | promotore, promotrice, fautore, fautrice, aderente, sostenitore |
| Română | suporter, partizan |
| Русский | сторо́нник storónnik, сторо́нница storónnica, побо́рник pobórnik, побо́рница pobórnica, приве́рженец privérženec, приве́рженка privérženka |
noun someone who is a fan of a certain sports team or sportsperson
| Español | hincha |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 서포터 seopoteo |
| 日本語 | サポーター sapōtā |
| 中文 | 球迷 qiúmí, 粉絲 /粉丝 fěnsī |
| हिन्दी | समर्थक samarthak |
| Português | adepto, torcedor |
| Italiano | tifoso |
noun something that supports a structure such as a building or a sculpture
| Español | soportador, suportante |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 支撐物 /支撑物, 支架 zhījià |
noun animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms
| Español | soporte, tenante |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 盾形支撐獸 /盾形支撑兽, 扶盾者 |
| Português | suporte |
| Français | support |
| Deutsch | Schildhalter |
| Italiano | supporto, tenente |
| Русский | щитоно́с ščitonós |
Talk about this word "supporter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/supporter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. supporter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/supporter "supporter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/supporter.Cite this
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title = {supporter},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/supporter},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
