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someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote
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Maecenas
,
abettor
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
angel
,
apologist
,
backer
,
buff
,
champion
,
defender
,
dependence
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
exponent
,
fan
,
favorer
,
friend at court
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
promoter
,
protagonist
,
reliance
,
second
,
sectary
,
sider
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
upholder
,
votary
,
well-wisher
fellowman
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related words >
acquaintance
,
advocate
,
alter ego
,
backer
,
best friend
,
bosom friend
,
brother
,
casual acquaintance
,
close acquaintance
,
close friend
,
confidant
,
confidante
,
familiar
,
favorer
,
fellow
,
fellow creature
,
friend
,
inseparable friend
,
intimate
,
lover
,
neighbor
,
other self
,
partisan
,
pickup
,
repository
,
supporter
,
sympathizer
,
well-wisher
other self
collapse
related words >
I
,
I myself
,
acquaintance
,
advocate
,
alter
,
alter ego
,
alterum
,
backer
,
best friend
,
better self
,
bosom friend
,
brother
,
casual acquaintance
,
close acquaintance
,
close friend
,
confidant
,
confidante
,
ego
,
ethical self
,
familiar
,
favorer
,
fellow
,
fellow creature
,
fellowman
,
friend
,
he
,
her
,
herself
,
him
,
himself
,
inner man
,
inner self
,
inseparable friend
,
intimate
,
it
,
lover
,
me
,
my humble self
,
myself
,
neighbor
,
number one
,
oneself
,
ourselves
,
partisan
,
pickup
,
repository
,
self
,
she
,
subconscious self
,
subliminal self
,
superego
,
supporter
,
sympathizer
,
them
,
themselves
,
they
,
well-wisher
,
you
,
yours truly
,
yourself
,
yourselves
endorser
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a person who transfers his ownership interest in something by signing a check or negotiable security
related words >
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
angel
,
apologist
,
approver
,
backer
,
buff
,
certifier
,
champion
,
confirmer
,
cosignatory
,
cosigner
,
defender
,
dependence
,
encourager
,
exponent
,
fan
,
favorer
,
friend at court
,
guarantor
,
insurer
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
notary
,
notary public
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
party
,
patron
,
promoter
,
protagonist
,
ratifier
,
reliance
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
sider
,
signatory
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
subscriber
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
underwriter
,
upholder
,
votary
,
well-wisher
defender
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a person who cares for persons or property
a fighter who holds out against attack
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Maecenas
,
abettor
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
angel
,
apologete
,
apologist
,
apologizer
,
backer
,
buff
,
champion
,
dependence
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
exponent
,
fan
,
favorer
,
friend at court
,
guard
,
justifier
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
paladin
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
patroness
,
pillar
,
pleader
,
promoter
,
proponent
,
protagonist
,
protector
,
protectress
,
reliance
,
rock
,
safekeeper
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
sider
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
successful advocate
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
tower
,
tower of strength
,
upholder
,
vindicator
,
votary
,
well-wisher
,
whitewasher
standby
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something that can be relied on when needed
ready for emergency use; "a standby generator"; "a standby crew"
related words >
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
angel
,
apologist
,
backer
,
bit player
,
buff
,
champion
,
defender
,
dependence
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
exponent
,
extra
,
fan
,
favorer
,
figurant
,
figurante
,
friend at court
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
mute
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
promoter
,
protagonist
,
reliance
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
sider
,
spear-carrier
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
stand-in
,
substitute
,
supe
,
super
,
supernumerary
,
support
,
supporter
,
supporting actor
,
supporting cast
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
understudy
,
upholder
,
votary
,
walk-on
,
walking gentleman
,
well-wisher
admirer
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someone who admires a young woman; "she had many admirers"
a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or approves
related words >
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
adherent
,
adorer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
amateur
,
amorist
,
angel
,
apologist
,
backer
,
beau
,
booster
,
buff
,
champion
,
collector
,
darling
,
defender
,
dependence
,
devotee
,
dilettante
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
enthusiast
,
exponent
,
fan
,
fancier
,
favorer
,
follower
,
friend at court
,
groupie
,
idolater
,
idolizer
,
infatuate
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
paramour
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
promoter
,
protagonist
,
pursuer
,
reliance
,
rooter
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
sider
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
suitor
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
sweetheart
,
sympathizer
,
upholder
,
votary
,
well-wisher
,
wooer
,
worshiper
well-wisher
collapse
related words >
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
acquaintance
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
alter ego
,
angel
,
apologist
,
backer
,
best friend
,
bosom friend
,
brother
,
buff
,
casual acquaintance
,
champion
,
close acquaintance
,
close friend
,
confidant
,
confidante
,
defender
,
dependence
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
exponent
,
familiar
,
fan
,
favorer
,
fellow
,
fellow creature
,
fellowman
,
friend
,
friend at court
,
inseparable friend
,
intimate
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
neighbor
,
other self
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
pickup
,
promoter
,
protagonist
,
reliance
,
repository
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
sider
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
upholder
,
votary
confidant
collapse
someone to whom private matters are confided
related words >
Dutch uncle
,
Polonius
,
acquaintance
,
admonisher
,
adviser
,
advocate
,
alter ego
,
amigo
,
backer
,
backseat driver
,
best friend
,
bosom friend
,
brother
,
buttinsky
,
casual acquaintance
,
close acquaintance
,
close friend
,
confidante
,
consultant
,
counsel
,
counselor
,
expert
,
familiar
,
favorer
,
fellow
,
fellow creature
,
fellowman
,
fidus Achates
,
friend
,
guide
,
inseparable friend
,
instructor
,
intimate
,
kibitzer
,
lover
,
man Friday
,
mate
,
meddler
,
mentor
,
monitor
,
neighbor
,
nestor
,
orienter
,
other self
,
partisan
,
pickup
,
preceptist
,
repository
,
right hand
,
right-hand man
,
second self
,
strong right hand
,
supporter
,
sympathizer
,
teacher
,
well-wisher
promoter
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someone who is an active supporter and advocate
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Maecenas
,
a
,
abettor
,
adherent
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
angel
,
apologist
,
applauder
,
appreciator
,
architect
,
backer
,
booster
,
buff
,
champion
,
claqueur
,
commender
,
contriver
,
defender
,
dependence
,
designer
,
developer
,
deviser
,
encomiast
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
enterpriser
,
entrepreneur
,
eulogist
,
eulogizer
,
exponent
,
extoller
,
fan
,
favorer
,
framer
,
friend at court
,
lauder
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
organizer
,
panegyrist
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
planner
,
plugger
,
praiser
,
projector
,
protagonist
,
puffer
,
reliance
,
rooter
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
sider
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
strategian
,
strategist
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
tactician
,
tout
,
touter
,
upholder
,
votary
,
well-wisher
apologist
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a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution; "an apologist for capital punishment"
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Maecenas
,
Philadelphia lawyer
,
abettor
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
angel
,
apologete
,
apologizer
,
arguer
,
argufier
,
backer
,
buff
,
casuist
,
champion
,
controversialist
,
debater
,
defender
,
dependence
,
disceptator
,
disputant
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
exponent
,
fan
,
favorer
,
friend at court
,
guard
,
guardhouse lawyer
,
justifier
,
logomacher
,
logomachist
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
mooter
,
paladin
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
pilpulist
,
pleader
,
polemic
,
polemicist
,
polemist
,
promoter
,
proponent
,
protagonist
,
protector
,
reliance
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
sider
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
successful advocate
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
upholder
,
vindicator
,
votary
,
well-wisher
,
whitewasher
,
wrangler
sympathizer
collapse
someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful
commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
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Maecenas
,
abettor
,
accessory
,
accomplice
,
acquaintance
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
ally
,
alter ego
,
angel
,
apologist
,
approver
,
backer
,
best friend
,
bosom friend
,
brother
,
buff
,
casual acquaintance
,
champion
,
close acquaintance
,
close friend
,
collaborator
,
condoner
,
confidant
,
confidante
,
conspirator
,
defender
,
dependence
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
exponent
,
familiar
,
fan
,
favorer
,
fellow
,
fellow creature
,
fellowman
,
friend
,
friend at court
,
inseparable friend
,
intimate
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
neighbor
,
other self
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
pickup
,
promoter
,
protagonist
,
reliance
,
repository
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
sider
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
upholder
,
votary
,
well-wisher
aficionado
collapse
a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer
a fan of bull fighting
related words >
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
amateur
,
angel
,
apologist
,
attender
,
audience
,
authority
,
backer
,
buff
,
bug
,
champion
,
connoisseur
,
crank
,
critic
,
defender
,
dependence
,
devotee
,
dilettante
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
energumen
,
enthusiast
,
expert
,
exponent
,
fan
,
fanatic
,
fanatico
,
favorer
,
freak
,
frequenter
,
friend at court
,
habitue
,
haunter
,
infatuate
,
lover
,
lunatic fringe
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
monomaniac
,
nut
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
promoter
,
protagonist
,
pundit
,
reliance
,
savant
,
scholar
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
sider
,
specialist
,
spectator
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
technical expert
,
technician
,
theatergoer
,
upholder
,
visitor
,
votary
,
well-wisher
,
zealot
abettor
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one who helps or encourages or incites another
related words >
Maecenas
,
accessory
,
accomplice
,
accomplice in crime
,
actuator
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
angel
,
animator
,
apologist
,
backer
,
buff
,
cajoler
,
champion
,
coax
,
coaxer
,
coconspirator
,
cohort
,
confederate
,
conspirator
,
defender
,
dependence
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
energizer
,
exponent
,
fan
,
favorer
,
fellow conspirator
,
firer
,
friend at court
,
gadfly
,
galvanizer
,
impeller
,
inducer
,
inspirer
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
mover
,
moving spirit
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
persuader
,
pleader
,
prime mover
,
promoter
,
prompter
,
protagonist
,
reliance
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
sider
,
socius criminis
,
spark
,
spark plug
,
sparker
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
stimulator
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
tempter
,
upholder
,
votary
,
well-wisher
,
wheedler
neighbor
collapse
a nearby object of the same kind; "Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas"; "what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?"
a person who lives (or is located) near another
be located near or adjacent to; "Pakistan neighbors India"
live or be located as a neighbor; "the neighboring house"
related words >
abut
,
abut on
,
abutter
,
acquaintance
,
adjacent
,
adjoin
,
adjoiner
,
adjoining
,
advocate
,
alter ego
,
appose
,
backer
,
be contiguous
,
be in contact
,
best friend
,
border
,
border on
,
borderer
,
bordering
,
bosom friend
,
bring near
,
brother
,
butt
,
bystander
,
casual acquaintance
,
close acquaintance
,
close friend
,
communicate
,
confidant
,
confidante
,
conjoin
,
connect
,
connecting
,
conterminous
,
contiguous
,
coterminous
,
end to end
,
endways
,
endwise
,
face to face
,
familiar
,
favorer
,
fellow
,
fellow creature
,
fellowman
,
friend
,
immediate
,
immediate neighbor
,
inseparable friend
,
intimate
,
join
,
joined
,
juxtapose
,
juxtaposed
,
juxtaposit
,
juxtapositional
,
juxtapositive
,
lie by
,
line
,
looker-on
,
lover
,
march
,
neighborer
,
neighboring
,
next
,
onlooker
,
other self
,
partisan
,
pickup
,
put with
,
repository
,
stand by
,
supporter
,
sympathizer
,
tangent
,
touch
,
verge
,
verge upon
,
well-wisher
sponsor
collapse
assume sponsorship of
assume responsibility for or leadership of; "The senator announced that he would sponsor the health care plan"
related words >
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
accept the responsibility
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
angel
,
answer for
,
apologist
,
assure
,
attest
,
back
,
backer
,
bailsman
,
bankroll
,
be sponsor for
,
benefactor
,
bond
,
bondsman
,
buff
,
capitalize
,
certify
,
champion
,
confirm
,
countersecure
,
defender
,
dependence
,
encourager
,
endorse
,
endorser
,
ensure
,
exponent
,
fan
,
favorer
,
finance
,
financer
,
friend at court
,
fund
,
funder
,
godfather
,
godparent
,
grubstake
,
grubstaker
,
guarantee
,
guarantor
,
guaranty
,
insure
,
insurer
,
lover
,
mainpernor
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
meal ticket
,
mortgagor
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
patronize
,
pay for
,
promote
,
promoter
,
protagonist
,
provide for
,
refinance
,
reliance
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
secure
,
set up
,
sider
,
sign
,
sign for
,
stake
,
staker
,
stalwart
,
stand behind
,
stand sponsor for
,
stand up for
,
standby
,
subscribe to
,
subsidize
,
subsidizer
,
support
,
supporter
,
surety
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
take the blame
,
take up
,
undersign
,
underwrite
,
underwriter
,
upholder
,
votary
,
warrant
,
warrantor
,
well-wisher
protagonist
collapse
the principal character in a work of fiction
related words >
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
actor
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
angel
,
antagonist
,
antihero
,
apologist
,
backer
,
bit
,
bit part
,
buff
,
cast
,
champion
,
character
,
cue
,
danseur noble
,
defender
,
dependence
,
diva
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
exponent
,
fan
,
fat part
,
favorer
,
feature attraction
,
feeder
,
first tragedian
,
friend at court
,
headliner
,
heavy
,
heavy lead
,
hero
,
heroine
,
ingenue
,
jeune premier
,
lead
,
lead role
,
leader
,
leading lady
,
leading man
,
leading woman
,
lines
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
moving spirit
,
paranymph
,
part
,
partisan
,
patron
,
person
,
personage
,
piece
,
prima ballerina
,
prima donna
,
prime mover
,
principal
,
promoter
,
reliance
,
role
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
side
,
sider
,
singer
,
soubrette
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standard-bearer
,
standby
,
star
,
straight part
,
superstar
,
support
,
supporter
,
supporting character
,
supporting role
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
title role
,
upholder
,
villain
,
votary
,
walk-on
,
walking part
,
well-wisher
upholder
collapse
someone who upholds or maintains; "firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy"
related words >
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
alpenstock
,
angel
,
apologist
,
approver
,
arm
,
athletic supporter
,
back
,
backbone
,
backer
,
backing
,
bandeau
,
bearer
,
bra
,
brace
,
bracer
,
bracket
,
brassiere
,
buff
,
buttress
,
cane
,
carrier
,
certifier
,
cervix
,
champion
,
confirmer
,
corset
,
cosignatory
,
cosigner
,
crook
,
crutch
,
defender
,
dependence
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
exponent
,
fan
,
favorer
,
foundation garment
,
friend at court
,
fulcrum
,
girdle
,
guarantor
,
guard
,
guy
,
guywire
,
insurer
,
jock
,
jockstrap
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
mast
,
neck
,
notary
,
notary public
,
paladin
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
party
,
patron
,
promoter
,
prop
,
protagonist
,
protector
,
ratifier
,
reinforce
,
reinforcement
,
reinforcer
,
reliance
,
rest
,
resting place
,
rigging
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
shoulder
,
shroud
,
sider
,
signatory
,
spine
,
sponsor
,
sprit
,
staff
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
standing rigging
,
stave
,
stay
,
stick
,
stiffener
,
strengthener
,
subscriber
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
underwriter
,
vindicator
,
votary
,
walking stick
,
well-wisher
paranymph
collapse
related words >
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
acolyte
,
adjutant
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
agent
,
aid
,
aide
,
aide-de-camp
,
aider
,
alter ego
,
alternate
,
amicus curiae
,
angel
,
apologist
,
assistant
,
attendant
,
attorney
,
auxiliary
,
backer
,
backup
,
backup man
,
best man
,
bridemaiden
,
bridesmaid
,
bridesman
,
buff
,
champion
,
coadjutant
,
coadjutor
,
coadjutress
,
coadjutrix
,
defender
,
dependence
,
deputy
,
dummy
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
executive officer
,
exponent
,
fan
,
favorer
,
figurehead
,
friend at court
,
groomsman
,
help
,
helper
,
helpmate
,
helpmeet
,
lieutenant
,
locum
,
locum tenens
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
matron of honor
,
paraprofessional
,
partisan
,
patron
,
pinch hitter
,
pleader
,
procurator
,
promoter
,
protagonist
,
proxy
,
reliance
,
representative
,
second
,
second in command
,
secondary
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
servant
,
sideman
,
sider
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
stand-in
,
standby
,
substitute
,
support
,
supporter
,
supporting actor
,
supporting instrumentalist
,
surrogate
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
understudy
,
upholder
,
usher
,
utility man
,
vicar
,
vicar general
,
vice
,
vicegerent
,
votary
,
wedding attendant
,
wedding party
,
well-wisher
sustainer
collapse
related words >
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
alpenstock
,
angel
,
apologist
,
arm
,
athletic supporter
,
back
,
backbone
,
backer
,
backing
,
bandeau
,
bearer
,
bra
,
brace
,
bracer
,
bracket
,
brassiere
,
broadcast
,
buff
,
buttress
,
cane
,
canned show
,
carrier
,
cervix
,
champion
,
commercial
,
commercial program
,
corset
,
crook
,
crutch
,
defender
,
dependence
,
electrical transcription
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
exponent
,
fan
,
favorer
,
foundation garment
,
friend at court
,
fulcrum
,
girdle
,
guy
,
guywire
,
jock
,
jockstrap
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
mast
,
neck
,
network show
,
newscast
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
promoter
,
prop
,
protagonist
,
radio fare
,
radiobroadcast
,
rebroadcast
,
reinforce
,
reinforcement
,
reinforcer
,
reliance
,
rerun
,
rest
,
resting place
,
rigging
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
serial
,
shoulder
,
shroud
,
sider
,
soap opera
,
sound effects
,
spine
,
sponsor
,
sportscast
,
sprit
,
staff
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
standing rigging
,
stave
,
stay
,
stick
,
stiffener
,
strengthener
,
support
,
supporter
,
sympathizer
,
taped program
,
upholder
,
votary
,
walking stick
,
well-wisher
friend at court
collapse
related words >
Maecenas
,
Rasputin
,
Svengali
,
VIP
,
abettor
,
access
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
agent
,
amicus curiae
,
angel
,
apologist
,
attorney
,
attorney-at-law
,
backer
,
bad influence
,
barrister
,
barrister-at-law
,
big wheel
,
buff
,
champion
,
counsel
,
counselor
,
counselor-at-law
,
court
,
defender
,
dependence
,
deputy
,
eminence grise
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
exponent
,
fan
,
favorer
,
five-percenter
,
good influence
,
gray eminence
,
heavyweight
,
hidden hand
,
influence
,
influence peddler
,
influencer
,
ingroup
,
intercessor
,
key
,
kingmaker
,
lawyer
,
legal adviser
,
legal counselor
,
legal expert
,
legal practitioner
,
legalist
,
lobby
,
lobbyist
,
lords of creation
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
man of influence
,
manipulator
,
mouthpiece
,
open sesame
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
pleader
,
powers that be
,
pressure group
,
proctor
,
procurator
,
promoter
,
protagonist
,
reliance
,
sea lawyer
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
self-styled lawyer
,
sider
,
sinister influence
,
solicitor
,
special interests
,
special-interest group
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
the Establishment
,
upholder
,
very important person
,
votary
,
well-wisher
,
wheeler-dealer
,
wire-puller
acquaintance
collapse
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"
a relationship less intimate than friendship
related words >
account
,
acquaintedness
,
advocate
,
alter ego
,
amigo
,
announcement
,
appreciation
,
apprehension
,
associate
,
awareness
,
backer
,
best friend
,
blue book
,
bosom friend
,
briefing
,
brother
,
bulletin
,
casual acquaintance
,
close acquaintance
,
close friend
,
colleague
,
communication
,
communique
,
companion
,
comrade
,
confidant
,
confidante
,
consciousness
,
corpus
,
crony
,
data
,
datum
,
directory
,
dispatch
,
enlightenment
,
evidence
,
experience
,
expertise
,
facts
,
factual base
,
factual information
,
familiar
,
familiarity
,
familiarization
,
favorer
,
fellow
,
fellow creature
,
fellowman
,
friend
,
gen
,
general information
,
grasp
,
guidebook
,
handout
,
hard information
,
incidental information
,
info
,
information
,
inseparable friend
,
instruction
,
intelligence
,
intimacy
,
intimate
,
introduction
,
inwardness
,
ken
,
knockdown
,
know-how
,
knowing
,
knowledge
,
light
,
lover
,
mate
,
mention
,
message
,
neighbor
,
notice
,
notification
,
other self
,
partisan
,
pickup
,
practical knowledge
,
presentation
,
private knowledge
,
privity
,
promotional material
,
proof
,
publication
,
publicity
,
ratio cognoscendi
,
release
,
report
,
repository
,
self-knowledge
,
sidelight
,
statement
,
supporter
,
sympathizer
,
technic
,
technics
,
technique
,
the dope
,
the goods
,
the know
,
the scoop
,
transmission
,
understanding
,
well-wisher
,
white book
,
white paper
,
word
alter ego
collapse
a very close and trusted friend who seems almost a part of yourself
related words >
I
,
I myself
,
acquaintance
,
advocate
,
ally
,
alter
,
alternate
,
alterum
,
amicus curiae
,
analogon
,
analogue
,
associate
,
attorney
,
backer
,
backup
,
backup man
,
best friend
,
better self
,
bosom friend
,
brother
,
casual acquaintance
,
champion
,
close acquaintance
,
close copy
,
close friend
,
close match
,
cognate
,
companion
,
complement
,
confidant
,
confidante
,
congenator
,
congener
,
coordinate
,
correlate
,
correlative
,
correspondent
,
counterpart
,
deputy
,
dummy
,
ego
,
equivalent
,
ethical self
,
executive officer
,
exponent
,
familiar
,
favorer
,
fellow
,
fellow creature
,
fellowman
,
fidus Achates
,
figurehead
,
friend
,
he
,
her
,
herself
,
him
,
himself
,
image
,
inner man
,
inner self
,
inseparable friend
,
intimate
,
it
,
kindred spirit
,
lieutenant
,
like
,
likeness
,
locum
,
locum tenens
,
lover
,
man Friday
,
mate
,
me
,
my humble self
,
myself
,
near duplicate
,
neighbor
,
number one
,
obverse
,
oneself
,
other self
,
ourselves
,
parallel
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
pendant
,
pickup
,
picture
,
pinch hitter
,
pleader
,
procurator
,
proxy
,
reciprocal
,
repository
,
representative
,
right hand
,
right-hand man
,
second in command
,
second self
,
secondary
,
self
,
she
,
similitude
,
simulacrum
,
sister
,
soul mate
,
stand-in
,
strong right hand
,
subconscious self
,
subliminal self
,
substitute
,
such
,
suchlike
,
superego
,
supporter
,
surrogate
,
sympathizer
,
tally
,
the like of
,
the likes of
,
them
,
themselves
,
they
,
twin
,
understudy
,
utility man
,
vicar
,
vicar general
,
vice
,
vicegerent
,
well-wisher
,
you
,
yours truly
,
yourself
,
yourselves
reliance
collapse
certainty based on past experience; "he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists"; "he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun"
the state of relying on something
related words >
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
acceptation
,
acception
,
acquiescence
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
aid
,
angel
,
anticipation
,
apologist
,
aspiration
,
assumption
,
assurance
,
assured faith
,
assuredness
,
backer
,
backing
,
belief
,
buff
,
carriage
,
carrying
,
certainty
,
champion
,
cheerful expectation
,
confidence
,
contemplation
,
conviction
,
credence
,
credit
,
credulity
,
defender
,
dependence
,
desire
,
doomed hope
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
expectancy
,
expectation
,
exponent
,
fair prospect
,
faith
,
fan
,
favorer
,
fervent hope
,
friend at court
,
good cheer
,
good hope
,
great expectations
,
high hopes
,
hope
,
hopeful prognosis
,
hopefulness
,
hopes
,
hoping
,
hoping against hope
,
imminence
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
maintenance
,
moral support
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
prayerful hope
,
presumption
,
probability
,
promise
,
promoter
,
prospect
,
prospects
,
protagonist
,
psychological support
,
reception
,
reliance on
,
sanguine expectation
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
security
,
security blanket
,
sider
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
stock
,
store
,
subsidy
,
subvention
,
support
,
supporter
,
supportive relationship
,
supportive therapy
,
sureness
,
surety
,
suspension of disbelief
,
sustainer
,
sustaining
,
sustainment
,
sustenance
,
sustentation
,
sympathizer
,
thought
,
trust
,
unastonishment
,
upholder
,
upholding
,
upkeep
,
votary
,
well-grounded hope
,
well-wisher
sectary
collapse
related words >
Bohemian
,
Maecenas
,
Young Turk
,
abettor
,
adherent
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
alienated
,
angel
,
antiestablishment
,
apologist
,
apostate
,
appendage
,
at odds with
,
at variance with
,
attendant
,
backer
,
beatnik
,
bigot
,
breakaway
,
buff
,
cavaliere servente
,
champion
,
cohort
,
counter-culture
,
courtier
,
dangler
,
defender
,
demurrer
,
denominational
,
denominationalist
,
dependence
,
dependent
,
deviant
,
differing
,
disagreeing
,
disciple
,
dissenter
,
dissentient
,
dissenting
,
dissident
,
dropout
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
exponent
,
factional
,
factionist
,
fan
,
favorer
,
flower child
,
flunky
,
follower
,
following
,
freak
,
friend at court
,
hanger-on
,
henchman
,
heretic
,
hippie
,
homme de cour
,
in opposition
,
interested
,
liberal
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
maverick
,
misbeliever
,
misfit
,
nonconforming
,
nonconformist
,
nonjuror
,
objector
,
opinionist
,
opposing
,
opposition voice
,
original
,
paranymph
,
parasite
,
partial
,
partisan
,
party
,
patron
,
promoter
,
protagonist
,
protestant
,
protester
,
public
,
pursuer
,
pursuivant
,
radical
,
rebel
,
recusant
,
reliance
,
revolutionary
,
satellite
,
schismatic
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectarian
,
sectional
,
separatist
,
shadow
,
sider
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
stooge
,
successor
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
swinger
,
sympathizer
,
tagtail
,
tail
,
trainbearer
,
ugly duckling
,
unconformist
,
underground
,
upholder
,
votary
,
ward heeler
,
well-wisher
,
yippie
mainstay
collapse
the forestay that braces the mainmast
related words >
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
afford support
,
aficionado
,
alpenstock
,
angel
,
apologist
,
arm
,
athletic supporter
,
back
,
back up
,
backbone
,
backer
,
backing
,
bandeau
,
bear
,
bear up
,
bearer
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
bra
,
brace
,
bracer
,
bracket
,
brassiere
,
buff
,
bulwark
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
cane
,
carrier
,
carry
,
cervix
,
champion
,
corset
,
cradle
,
crook
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
defender
,
dependence
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
exponent
,
fan
,
favorer
,
foundation garment
,
friend at court
,
fulcrum
,
girdle
,
give support
,
guy
,
guywire
,
hold
,
hold up
,
jock
,
jockstrap
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
lover
,
main strength
,
maintain
,
maintainer
,
mast
,
neck
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
pillar
,
pillow
,
promoter
,
prop
,
protagonist
,
reinforce
,
reinforcement
,
reinforcer
,
reliance
,
rest
,
resting place
,
rigging
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
sheet anchor
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
shroud
,
sider
,
sinews
,
spine
,
sponsor
,
sprit
,
staff
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
standing rigging
,
stave
,
stay
,
stick
,
stiffener
,
strengthener
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustain
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upholder
,
upkeep
,
votary
,
walking stick
,
well-wisher
backer
collapse
related words >
Dionysus
,
Maecenas
,
Samaritan
,
Santa Claus
,
abettor
,
acquaintance
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
aid
,
aider
,
ally
,
almoner
,
almsgiver
,
alter ego
,
angel
,
apologist
,
assignor
,
assister
,
awarder
,
befriender
,
benefactor
,
benefactress
,
benefiter
,
best friend
,
bestower
,
bettor
,
bosom friend
,
brother
,
buff
,
casual acquaintance
,
champion
,
cheerful giver
,
close acquaintance
,
close friend
,
conferrer
,
confidant
,
confidante
,
consignor
,
contributor
,
defender
,
dependence
,
donator
,
donor
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
exponent
,
fairy godmother
,
familiar
,
fan
,
favorer
,
fellow
,
fellow creature
,
fellowman
,
feoffor
,
financer
,
friend
,
friend at court
,
funder
,
giver
,
good Samaritan
,
good person
,
grantor
,
grubstaker
,
guarantor
,
help
,
helper
,
helping hand
,
imparter
,
inseparable friend
,
intimate
,
investor
,
jack-at-a-pinch
,
lady bountiful
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
meal ticket
,
ministering angel
,
ministrant
,
neighbor
,
other self
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
patroness
,
philanthropist
,
pickup
,
presenter
,
promoter
,
protagonist
,
punter
,
reliance
,
repository
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
settler
,
sider
,
sponsor
,
staker
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
subscriber
,
succorer
,
sugar daddy
,
support
,
supporter
,
surety
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
testate
,
testator
,
testatrix
,
underwriter
,
upholder
,
votary
,
vouchsafer
,
well-wisher
exponent
collapse
a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
someone who expounds and interprets or explains
related words >
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
allegorist
,
alter ego
,
alternate
,
amicus curiae
,
angel
,
annotator
,
apologist
,
attorney
,
backer
,
backup
,
backup man
,
booster
,
buff
,
case
,
case in point
,
champion
,
cicerone
,
clarifier
,
commentator
,
critic
,
cross section
,
cryptanalyst
,
cryptographer
,
cryptologist
,
decoder
,
defender
,
definer
,
demonstration
,
demonstrator
,
demythologizer
,
dependence
,
deputy
,
diaskeuast
,
dragoman
,
dummy
,
editor
,
emblem
,
embodiment
,
emendator
,
emender
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
euhemerist
,
example
,
executive officer
,
exegesist
,
exegete
,
exegetist
,
exemplar
,
exemplification
,
explainer
,
explanation
,
explicator
,
expositor
,
expounder
,
fan
,
favorer
,
figurehead
,
friend at court
,
go-between
,
guide
,
hermeneut
,
illustration
,
instance
,
interpreter
,
lexicographer
,
lieutenant
,
locum
,
locum tenens
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
metaphrast
,
object lesson
,
oneirocritic
,
paranymph
,
paraphrast
,
partisan
,
patron
,
pinch hitter
,
pleader
,
procurator
,
promoter
,
proponent
,
protagonist
,
proxy
,
relevant instance
,
reliance
,
representation
,
representative
,
scholiast
,
second
,
second in command
,
secondary
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
sider
,
specimen
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
stand-in
,
standby
,
substitute
,
support
,
supporter
,
surrogate
,
sustainer
,
symbol
,
sympathizer
,
textual critic
,
translator
,
type
,
typical example
,
typification
,
understudy
,
upholder
,
utility man
,
vicar
,
vicar general
,
vice
,
vicegerent
,
votary
,
well-wisher
repository
collapse
a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
a person to whom a secret is entrusted
related words >
Fort Knox
,
acquaintance
,
advocate
,
alter ego
,
archives
,
armory
,
arsenal
,
attic
,
backer
,
bank
,
basement
,
bay
,
best friend
,
bin
,
bonded warehouse
,
bookcase
,
bosom friend
,
box
,
brother
,
bunker
,
bursary
,
buttery
,
cargo dock
,
cash register
,
cashbox
,
casual acquaintance
,
cellar
,
chest
,
close acquaintance
,
close friend
,
closet
,
coffer
,
coin box
,
confidant
,
confidante
,
conservatory
,
crate
,
crib
,
cupboard
,
depository
,
depot
,
dock
,
drawer
,
dump
,
exchequer
,
familiar
,
favorer
,
fellow
,
fellow creature
,
fellowman
,
fisc
,
friend
,
glory hole
,
godown
,
gold depository
,
hold
,
hutch
,
inseparable friend
,
intimate
,
library
,
locker
,
lover
,
lumber room
,
lumberyard
,
magasin
,
magazine
,
money chest
,
neighbor
,
other self
,
partisan
,
penny bank
,
pickup
,
piggy bank
,
pork barrel
,
public crib
,
public till
,
public treasury
,
public trough
,
rack
,
repertory
,
reservoir
,
rick
,
safe
,
safe-deposit box
,
shelf
,
stack
,
stack room
,
stock room
,
storage
,
store
,
storehouse
,
storeroom
,
strong room
,
strongbox
,
subtreasury
,
supply base
,
supply depot
,
supporter
,
sympathizer
,
tank
,
till
,
treasure house
,
treasure room
,
treasure-house
,
treasury
,
vat
,
vault
,
warehouse
,
well-wisher
,
wine cellar
lover
collapse
a person who loves or is loved
a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage
related words >
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
acquaintance
,
addict
,
admirer
,
adorer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
alter ego
,
amorist
,
angel
,
apologist
,
aspirant
,
aspirer
,
babe
,
baby
,
baby-doll
,
backer
,
beau
,
beloved
,
best friend
,
bosom friend
,
boyfriend
,
brother
,
buff
,
buttercup
,
candidate
,
casual acquaintance
,
champion
,
cherub
,
chick
,
chickabiddy
,
close acquaintance
,
close friend
,
collector
,
confidant
,
confidante
,
coveter
,
darling
,
dear
,
deary
,
defender
,
dependence
,
desirer
,
devotee
,
doll
,
doxy
,
duck
,
duckling
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
exponent
,
familiar
,
fan
,
fancier
,
fancy man
,
favorer
,
fellow
,
fellow creature
,
fellowman
,
flame
,
follower
,
freak
,
friend
,
friend at court
,
girl friend
,
habitue
,
hankerer
,
hon
,
honey
,
honey bunch
,
honey child
,
hopeful
,
hound
,
inamorata
,
inamorato
,
infatuate
,
inseparable friend
,
intimate
,
lamb
,
lambkin
,
love
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
man
,
master
,
neighbor
,
other self
,
paramour
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
pet
,
petkins
,
pickup
,
precious
,
precious heart
,
promoter
,
protagonist
,
pursuer
,
reliance
,
repository
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
sider
,
snookums
,
solicitant
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
steady
,
sugar
,
sugar daddy
,
suitor
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
sweet
,
sweetheart
,
sweetie
,
sweetkins
,
sweets
,
sympathizer
,
truelove
,
upholder
,
votary
,
wanter
,
well-wisher
,
wisher
,
woman
,
wooer
,
yearner
votary
collapse
a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity; "the cultured votary of science"
a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult; "a votary of Aphrodite"
one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; "monasteries of votaries"
related words >
Christian
,
God-fearing man
,
Maecenas
,
abettor
,
accepter
,
addict
,
adherent
,
admirer
,
adorer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
amateur
,
angel
,
apologist
,
appendage
,
aspirant
,
aspirer
,
attendant
,
backer
,
beadsman
,
believer
,
booster
,
buff
,
candidate
,
catechumen
,
cavaliere servente
,
celebrant
,
champion
,
chapelgoer
,
churchgoer
,
churchite
,
churchman
,
collector
,
communicant
,
congregation
,
convert
,
courtier
,
coveter
,
creature
,
daily communicant
,
dangler
,
defender
,
dependence
,
dependent
,
desirer
,
devotee
,
devotionalist
,
dilettante
,
disciple
,
dummy
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
evangelist
,
exponent
,
fan
,
fanatic
,
fancier
,
favorer
,
figurehead
,
flunky
,
follower
,
following
,
freak
,
friend at court
,
gillie
,
good Christian
,
goon
,
groupie
,
habitue
,
hanger-on
,
hankerer
,
henchman
,
homme de cour
,
hopeful
,
hound
,
idolater
,
idolizer
,
jackal
,
lackey
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
man
,
minion
,
myrmidon
,
neophyte
,
paranymph
,
parasite
,
partisan
,
patron
,
petitioner
,
pietist
,
prayer
,
promoter
,
proselyte
,
protagonist
,
public
,
puppet
,
pursuer
,
pursuivant
,
receiver
,
reliance
,
religionist
,
revivalist
,
rooter
,
saint
,
satellite
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
shadow
,
sider
,
solicitant
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
stooge
,
successor
,
suitor
,
suppliant
,
supplicant
,
supplicator
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
sycophant
,
sympathizer
,
tagtail
,
tail
,
theist
,
thug
,
trainbearer
,
truster
,
upholder
,
venerator
,
wanter
,
ward heeler
,
well-wisher
,
wisher
,
worshiper
,
yearner
,
zealot
dependence
collapse
lack of independence or self-sufficiency
related words >
Maecenas
,
a habit
,
abettor
,
acceptation
,
acception
,
acquiescence
,
acquired tolerance
,
acute alcoholism
,
addictedness
,
addiction
,
admirer
,
advocate
,
aficionado
,
alcoholism
,
amphetamine withdrawal symptoms
,
angel
,
apologist
,
aspiration
,
assumption
,
assurance
,
assured faith
,
assuredness
,
backer
,
barbiturate addiction
,
barbiturism
,
belief
,
buff
,
certainty
,
chain smoking
,
champion
,
cheerful expectation
,
chronic alcoholism
,
clientage
,
clientship
,
cocainism
,
confidence
,
contingency
,
conviction
,
correlation
,
crash
,
craving
,
credence
,
credit
,
credulity
,
danglement
,
dangling
,
defender
,
dependency
,
desire
,
dipsomania
,
doomed hope
,
drug addiction
,
drug culture
,
drug dependence
,
encourager
,
endorser
,
expectation
,
exponent
,
fair prospect
,
faith
,
fan
,
favorer
,
fervent hope
,
friend at court
,
good cheer
,
good hope
,
great expectations
,
habituation
,
hanging
,
high hopes
,
hope
,
hopeful prognosis
,
hopefulness
,
hopes
,
hoping
,
hoping against hope
,
interrelation
,
lover
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
nicotine addiction
,
paranymph
,
partisan
,
patron
,
pendency
,
pendulosity
,
pendulousness
,
pensileness
,
pensility
,
physical dependence
,
prayerful hope
,
presumption
,
promise
,
promoter
,
prospect
,
prospects
,
protagonist
,
psychological dependence
,
reception
,
relativity
,
reliance
,
reliance on
,
sanguine expectation
,
second
,
seconder
,
sectary
,
security
,
sider
,
sponsor
,
stalwart
,
standby
,
stock
,
store
,
support
,
supporter
,
sureness
,
surety
,
suspense
,
suspension
,
suspension of disbelief
,
sustainer
,
sympathizer
,
tolerance
,
trust
,
tutelage
,
upholder
,
votary
,
wardship
,
well-grounded hope
,
well-wisher
,
withdrawal sickness
,
withdrawal symptoms
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