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espouser
noun as in support/supporter
Weak matches
- adherent
- advocate
- ally
- angel
- apologist
- backbone
- backer
- benefactor
- champion
- cohort
- comforter
- confederate
- coworker
- defender
- disciple
- endorser
- exponent
- expounder
- fan
- follower
- friend
- helper
- mainstay
- maintainer
- partisan
- patron
- pillar
- preserver
- prop
- proponent
- satellite
- second
- sponsor
- stalwart
- stay
- subscriber
- sustainer
- tower of strength
- upholder
- well-wisher
Example Sentences
As an inveterate espouser of lunatic conspiracy theories, Greene — who has regularly accused Democratic politicians of murder, pedophilia and satanism and characterizes public media as “communist” — might fairly be said to occupy a radical right-wing echo chamber.
For now though, it’s worth highlighting that the multimillionaire financier, Redmond’s Brian Heywood, was portrayed in a Seattle Times story to be an admirer of Ayn Rand, espouser of self-interested individualism.
In North Carolina, GOP Rep. Ted Budd, another Trump endorsee, won the primary for that state’s open Senate seat; Budd is another “big lie” espouser who voted against certifying the 2020 electoral vote, even after the Jan. 6 rioters had sacked the Capitol.
Rep. Robert Sutherland, R-Granite Falls, is an election-fraud espouser who was among three state lawmakers who actually billed state taxpayers for a trip to a South Dakota conference on the alleged election fraud, organized by the former president’s pal, My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell.
On Twitter, Oliver has posted declarations like “abolish prisons” and being “all in for” city attorney candidate Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, a fellow “abolition” espouser.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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