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| Main Entry: | exponent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who supports, advocates |
| Synonyms: | backer, booster, champion, defender, demonstrator, interpreter, partisan, promoter, propagandist, proponent, protagonist, second, spokesperson, supporter, expositor, expounder, seconder, upholder |
| Main Entry: | exponent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | example |
| Synonyms: | denotation, exemplar, illustration, index, indication, model, representative, sample, sign, specimen, token, type |
| Main Entry: | advocate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person supporting an idea or cause publicly |
| Synonyms: | apostle, attorney, backer, champion, counsel, defender, exponent, lawyer, promoter, proponent, speaker, spokesperson, supporter, campaigner, expounder, pleader, proposer, upholder |
| Antonyms: | antagonist, assailant, enemy, opposition, protestor |
| Main Entry: | champion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeater in competition; preeminent supporter |
| Synonyms: | advocate, ally, backer, challenger, conqueror, defender, exponent, guardian, hero, heroine, nonpareil, number one, paladin, partisan, patron, proponent, protector, supporter, sympathizer, victor, warrior, winner, champ, endorser, expounder, medalist, numero uno, the greatest, titleholder, top dog, upholder, vanquisher, vindicator |
| Antonyms: | loser |
| Main Entry: | instance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | case, situation |
| Synonyms: | case history, case in point, detail, example, exponent, ground, illustration, item, occasion, occurrence, particular, precedent, proof, reason, representative, sample, specimen, time, exemplification, sampling |
| Main Entry: | instructor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who educates |
| Synonyms: | adviser, coach, demonstrator, exponent, guide, lecturer, mentor, pedagogue, preceptor, professor, teacher, trainer, tutor |
| Antonyms: | pupil, student |
| Main Entry: | numeric/numerical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning mathematics |
| Synonyms: | arithmetic, binary, exponent, fraction, fractional, integral, mathematical, numeral, statistical, algebraic, algorithmic, arithmetical, differential, digital, exponential, logarithm, logarithmic, numerary |
| Antonyms: | alphabetical, alphabetic |
| Main Entry: | proponent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who advocates, supports cause |
| Synonyms: | advocate, backer, champion, defender, enthusiast, exponent, friend, partisan, patron, protector, second, spokesperson, subscriber, supporter, expounder, seconder, upholder, vindicator |
| Antonyms: | enemy, foe, opponent |
| Main Entry: | protagonist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes the lead; central figure of narrative |
| Synonyms: | advocate, champion, combatant, exemplar, exponent, hero, idol, lead, leader, mainstay, prime mover, principal, warrior, central character, lead character, standard-bearer |
| Notes: | protagonist is Greek for 'first (important) actor' or 'first struggler' and by extension is used for a person who drives the action in a situation or is the main character in a literary work; the protagonist is the hero or heroine and an antagonist is his/her principal opponent |
| Antonyms: | antagonist |
| Main Entry: | interpreter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | translator |
| Synonyms: | analyst, artist, commentator, critic, delegate, editor, exponent, guide, linguist, philosopher, professor, reviewer, scholar, speaker, spokesperson, writer, annotator, biographer, decoder, exegete, explicator, expositor, glossographer, paraphraser |
| Main Entry: | numeric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mathematical |
| Synonyms: | arithmetic, binary, exponent, fraction, fractional, integrated, mathematical, numeral, statistical, arithmetical, differential, digital, exponential, logarithm, logarithmic, numerary, numerical |
| Main Entry: | second |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support; duplicate |
| Synonyms: | assistant, backer, double, exponent, helper, proponent, reproduction, supporter, twin, placer, runner-up |
| Main Entry: | support/supporter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who helps another |
| Synonyms: | adherent, advocate, ally, angel*, backbone, backer, benefactor, champion, cohort, comforter, confederate, defender, disciple, exponent, fan, follower, friend, helper, mainstay, partisan, patron, pillar, prop, proponent, satellite*, second, sponsor, stalwart, stay, subscriber, supporter, apologist, coworker, endorser, espouser, expounder, maintainer, preserver, sustainer, tower of strength, upholder, well-wisher |
| Antonyms: | enemy, foe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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