| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supporter |
| Synonyms: | backer, enthusiast, patron, promoter, rooter, sponsor |
| Main Entry: | decoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bait, trap |
| Synonyms: | allurement, attraction, beard, blind, blow off, booster, camouflage, catch, chicane, chicanery, come-on, deception, drawing card, ensnarement, enticement, facade, fake, front, imitation, inducement, inveiglement, lure, nark, plant, pretense, seducement, shill, sitting duck, snare, stick, stool pigeon, stoolie, temptation, trick, trickery |
| Main Entry: | devotee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ardent supporter; fan |
| Synonyms: | addict, adherent, admirer, aficionado, amateur, believer, booster, buff, disciple, enthusiast, fanatic, fancier, fiend, follower, groupie, habitué, junkie, lover, rooter, supporter, votarient, votary |
| Antonyms: | adversary, antagonist, enemy |
| Main Entry: | disciple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believer, follower |
| Synonyms: | adherent, apostle, attendant, booster, buff, bug*, catechumen, cohort, convert, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, freak, groupie, hound, junkie, learner, nut*, partisan, proselyte, pupil, rooter, satellite, sectary, sectator, student, supporter, votary, witness, zealot |
| Antonyms: | god |
| Main Entry: | exponent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who supports, advocates |
| Synonyms: | backer, booster, champion, defender, demonstrator, expositor, expounder, interpreter, partisan, promoter, propagandist, proponent, protagonist, second, seconder, spokesperson, supporter, upholder |
| Main Entry: | flatterer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complimenter |
| Synonyms: | apple polisher, backscratcher, booster, bootlicker, brownnose, cajoler, charmer, fawner, flunkey, lackey, puffer, sweet talker, sycophant, teacher's pet, toady, yes-person |
| Main Entry: | injection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | introduction into bloodstream |
| Synonyms: | booster, dose, dram, enema, inoculation, needle, vaccine |
| Main Entry: | patron |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who supports a cause |
| Synonyms: | advocate, angel*, backer, benefactor, booster, champion, defender, encourager, fairy godparent, fan, financer, friend, front*, guarantor, guardian, guide, head, helper, leader, partisan, patron saint, philanthropist, protector, sponsor, supporter, surety, sympathizer, well-wisher |
| Antonyms: | detractor, enemy, opponent, opposition |
| Main Entry: | promoter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supporter |
| Synonyms: | advertiser, advocate, ally, backer, booster, endorser, follower, organizer, publicist, sponsor |