backer

noun

Definition of backernext
1
as in supporter
a person who actively supports or favors a cause backers of prison reform held a rally in front of the statehouse

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2
as in sponsor
a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing all financial backers will be expected to offer some input into the company's decisions

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3
as in ally
someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support the student's backers spoke at the school board meeting on her behalf

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backer
  1. supporter
  2. sponsor
  3. ally
  4. proponent
  5. patron
  6. advocate
  7. exponent
Noun
  • But the fact that, by typing five words on his Truth Social network, Trump was able to ensure that the bill's Republican supporters would shrug and give up should be terrifying even to those who don't revere a free press.
    The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2024
  • His father, once skeptical, became his biggest supporter, setting academic and athletic benchmarks that Zeghdar rose to meet.
    Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of supporter
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  • On the drinks side, expect a constant parade bubbly by the glass from Krug Champagne as well as Bollinger—both title sponsors.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • After his two-season affiliation ended, bowl organizers added a new title sponsor and committed to one of the longer bowl names — Art of Sport L.A. Bowl Hosted by Gronk.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of sponsor
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  • Distracted by wars elsewhere, his military allies Russia, Iran, and Lebanon's Hezbollah failed to mobilise the kind of decisive firepower that had propped him up for years.
    Jonathan Spicer and Maya Gebeily, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The photos are a stark contrast to the ones on news channels that showed Syrian children lying dead in the streets after choking on poison gas that the U.S. and its allies said was unleashed by her dictator husband.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of ally
Noun
  • Now Donald Trump has nominated a candidate for Secretary of Labor who has been a strong proponent of the reclassification efforts that would potentially undermine independent contractor status and interfere with their abilities to run their businesses and gainfully employ themselves.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
  • If the tariffs are simply a negotiating tool, as some tariff proponents say, then universal tariffs are untenable.
    The Editors, National Review, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of proponent
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  • The rebels have Damascus in their sights, and the ability of Assad's forces to repel them — with their patrons Russia and Iran bogged down by other conflicts — suddenly seems uncertain.
    Ivana Saric, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
  • His patron, and his nemesis, is the Philadelphia blueblood industrialist played by Guy Pearce.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of patron
Noun
  • Kennedy has been a vocal advocate for raw milk, and has criticized FDA policy forbidding interstate sales of the product.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The findings confirm much of what advocates feared when SB 1718 passed: Hundreds of immigrants report psychological and financial stress, and most of them have hesitated to seek medical care.
    Yacob Reyes, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of advocate
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  • The most prominent exponent of this perspective is Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, who in his declaration of war on Oct. 7, 2023, quoted the famous Bialik poem about Kishinev.
    Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Banda Machos, perhaps the most significant exponent of Jalisco’s quebradita-style banda music, rotated onto the Beso stage in a dark green and neon frazzle variation of their signature costume.
    Vicky Camarillo, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Mar. 2024
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