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embracer

embracer

5.8
A person who accepts and supports a new idea or practice
  • noun
  • /ɪmˈbreɪsər/
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  • He is known as an embracer of diversity, welcoming people from all backgrounds.

Examples

  • An embracer of technology, she eagerly adopts the latest gadgets and apps.

  • As an embracer of new experiences, she always seeks out adventure.

  • For it is the embracers who most easily become the shapers.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

endorser
vsembracer
3 4.4

A person who publicly supports someone or something

willingly accepts or adopts rather than only expressing support
indorser
vsembracer
  • UK
7.4

A person who publicly supports someone or something

willingly accepts or adopts rather than only expressing support

Antonyms

opposer
2 4.5

A person who speaks out against a plan or idea

rejector
1 5.7

A person or machine that removes things judged unwanted

How Supportive

backer
73 3.0
advocate
282 4.1
embracer
5.8
supporter
817 1.0
adopter
16 3.9

Surface Forms

embracer singular
embracers plural

Morphology

embracer = embrace (transparent) = embrace + er

Derived from 'embrace' + '-er' with a straightforward agent meaning: a person who embraces (accepts or adopts).

Etymology

Embracer comes from em- 'in' and brace 'arm', like in bracelet. A helpful way to remember is that an embracer is a person who 'takes into their arms' an idea or person, so they accept and support it.