tub-thumper

noun

tub-thump·​er ˈtəb-ˌthəm-pər 

: a vociferous supporter (as of a cause)

tub-thump

ˈtəb-ˌthəmp 

verb

Synonyms

• advocate
• advocator
• apostle
• backer
• booster
• champion
• espouser
• exponent
• expounder
• friend
• gospeler
• gospeller
• herald
• hierophant
• high priest
• paladin
• promoter
• proponent
• protagonist
• supporter
• true believer
• white knight

Examples of tub-thumper in a Sentence

changes that came about only because of the relentless clamor of the group's tub-thumpers

Word History

First Known Use

1662, in the meaning defined above

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