proponents

NOUN

person who advocates, supports cause

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advocate backer defender enthusiast exponent partisan patron protector supporter

STRONG

champion expounder friend second seconder spokesperson subscriber upholder vindicator

Antonyms

STRONGEST

antagonist detractor enemy opponent opposition

WEAK

foe

Example Sentences

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Those lawsuits failed, but Venice Dell proponents alleged in a July 2024 lawsuit that Park and Feldstein Soto took up where neighborhood critics failed in court and worked behind the scenes to thwart the project.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Mr. Clinton, a former president and publishing director of Hearst Magazines and a regular columnist for Men’s Health, calls this process “reimagining” and its proponents Re-Imagineers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Even online users that were hypothetical proponents of taking the long walk admitted they wouldn’t actually do it themselves, or weren’t even attending the matches in the first place.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

The second-hand trade "is supporting so many people", Sekky adds - a common argument among proponents of the industry.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

By making this argument, I am endorsing one side in the long- running dispute between mother- and sister-culture proponents.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann