proponent
104
5.2
- noun
- /prəˈpoʊnənt/
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partidario
- OK, I'm a huge proponent of sleep.
- a strong proponent
- a leading proponent
- proponents of reform
And I'm, I'm an adherent and a proponent of this lifestyle.
- And I'm, I'm an adherent and a proponent of this lifestyle.
- But he he became a real proponent, an anti nuclear weapons proponent.
- Are you, are you, are you a proponent of paying yourself first?
- And I discovered I was a strong proponent of Locke.
- So I hope, I know Jordan Peterson is a huge proponent of free speech.
- I think there's a lot of film makers that are proponents of a sort of victim like stance.
- Mill Mill was a great opponent of that sort of thing and a proponent of women's equality.
- And so I am such a huge proponent of cash in the bank.
- Let's break down exactly what the proponents of the BCP believe in secret cures.
- I asked this as you have somehow controversially been a proponent of peace.
- First of all, I'm a big proponent and consumer of yerba mate.
- Yeah, Neil Bernard is a serious, Uber low fat vegan proponent who I have to say doesn't cook.
Examples
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Known primarily as the inventor of the geodesic dome, Fuller was a proponent of using technology with a humanistic approach.
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You know, he was a big proponent of character building.
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Are you, are you, are you a proponent of paying yourself first?
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OK, now I am a big proponent of explaining why things work right.
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He is the leading proponent in the call for a general election.
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I've always been a proponent of fair trade, free markets...
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He's a great proponent of this issue, and willing to speak if necessary.
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I have been a very strong proponent of the rehumanization movement in education.
Fiction book (2000) -
He was a great proponent of high tariffs on foreign products.
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Mark Twain was a passionate proponent of equal rights for all people during his lifetime.
Synonyms
817
1.0
A person who backs a team or a cause
282
4.1
A person who supports a cause or policy in public
156
3.7
A person who strongly supports a cause or another person
37
3.2
A person who supports and promotes a team, player, or cause
34
7.9
A person who argues for a belief or policy
31
4.2
A person who supports and encourages a cause or idea
20
6.6
A person who supports a party, leader, or idea and helps promote it
9
5.7
A person who strongly promotes a product or idea so other people will accept it
7
6.0
A person who strongly supports and helps spread a new idea or cause early on
4
6.2
A person who supports and explains an idea or cause
3
4.4
A person who publicly supports someone or something
2
3.7
A person who convinces others to do or believe something
2
8.9
A person who tries to convince others to follow a religion or belief
1
5.5
A person who supports a belief, cause, or tradition
1
8.7
A person who defends a belief, policy, or organization against criticism
1
7.8
A person who actively promotes a cause or idea
1
7.1
A person who strongly promotes a product, idea, or cause
1
7.1
A person who gives reasons to support a policy or action
A person who supports and promotes an idea or cause
A person who supports and speaks for a cause
Someone who encourages and helps an idea or project grow
A person who defends people or ideas that others criticize
Antonyms
How Supportive
156
3.7
282
4.1
104
5.2
73
3.0
817
1.0
37
4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
proponent = propose (transparent) = propon + ent
The noun denotes a person who 'proposes' or advocates something; the relation to 'propose' is clear and the suffix '-ent' marks an agent/participant.
Etymology
Proponent comes from the parts pro- meaning 'forth' and ponere meaning 'to put', and it is like the word propose, which means to 'put forward' an idea. So a proponent is someone who 'puts forward' or supports a plan or cause.