expounder

noun

Definition of expoundernext
1
as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause an articulate expounder of the liberal position on the issue

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2
as in exponent
one who brings an art or science to full realization one of the early expounders of abstract expressionism

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expounder
  1. proponent
  2. exponent
  3. advocate
  4. practitioner
  5. supporter
  6. interpreter
  7. apostle
Noun
  • And, unlike financial commitments made at the UN climate conference, this decision would put rules in place that proponents say would be hard for the incoming Trump administration to undo.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In 2023, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the opponents, halting the project, but proponents petitioned the Supreme Court to review that decision.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of proponent
Noun
  • 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
Definition of exponent
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  • In high-performing leadership teams, each leader is not only seen as a subject matter expert but also as a passionate advocate for the company’s goals, fostering trust and alignment across all stakeholders.
    Marina Cvetkovic, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • But, over the past decade, disability rights advocates have increasingly pushed companies to end the lower pay practice, describing it as discriminatory, dehumanizing and exploitative.
    Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of advocate
Noun
  • Pivoting the language of DEI allows practitioners to continue to do the work without being targeted.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The answer, in Swift’s song and Nye’s response, is to poetry — and to the verdant Lake District of Britain where so many of its practitioners, especially during the Romantic era, thrived (and, yes, in William Wordsworth’s case, also died).
    Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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  • But one big question many senators will likely ask is how Kennedy plans to turn around America's eating habits in a way that doesn't hurt U.S. farmers or heavily regulate agricultural businesses that are key political supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2024
  • This happened right in front of the away supporters who cheered and Spence then whipped his arms up asking for more noise.
    Jay Harris, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of supporter
Noun
  • Spens goes further by describing this person as an opinionated interpreter between the business and technical ends of the spectrum.
    Rachel Curry, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Such videos are also crucial for the fundraising organized by Oleksandra, a conference interpreter and mother in Odesa who, like some others interviewed, asked that her last name be withheld.
    Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of interpreter
Noun
  • In the 1960s, Gordon Bunshaft, the high-modernist apostle of SOM, designed an austere wing and enclosed an open courtyard that got little use or affection during Buffalo’s long, hard winters.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The chapel was meant to house relics of the martyrs and apostles, Rossi said.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Expounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expounder. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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