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noun as in person who helps, promotes
Strongest matches
- underwriter
Strong matches
Weak matches
- another adherent
verb as in help, promote
- be responsible for
- put up money
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verb as in publicize for the purpose of selling or causing one to want
- beat the drum for
- circularize
- communicate
- get on soapbox for
- make a pitch
- press agent
- put on the map
verb as in support
- countenance
- give a boost
- give a leg up
- give a lift
- go to bat for
- stand behind
- stick up for
noun as in supporter
- meal ticket
- protagonist
- well-wisher
noun as in donor
- contributor
- fairy godparent
- Good Samaritan
- humanitarian
- philanthropist
- Santa Claus
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For example, Disrupt will feature more branded content sessions and presentations than in years past, and sponsors will be able to more easily track who attends those presentations, giving them a chance to gather leads.
Instead of seeking out a small number of exclusive launch sponsors that would pay tens of millions of dollars, WarnerMedia is looking for a broad array of advertisers to run ads across HBO Max.
Broadcast sponsor, Procter & Gamble, is co-producing and co-financing the show’s production, said Orefice.
Financial institutions like Citibank and DBS Bank and insurance providers like State Farm and American Family Insurance have been sponsors for this series.
The proposal’s sponsors say beefed-up training, daily check-ins and weekly visits would lead to greater patient safety.
Delta was a sponsor of the HRC dinner here in Atlanta and I went and met her there.
SPONSOR: The Daily Beast Company LLC (555 W. 18th St., New York, NY, 10011).
Entries are subject to all notices posted online including but not limited to privacy policies of the Sponsor.
Cruz is a co-sponsor of the bill, along with libertarian-minded Sen. Mike Lee.
And he has been involved in the Mind and Life Institute, the sponsor of the ISCS conference, from its inception.
But despite so distinguished a sponsor, the books remained generally unknown.
The latter replied: “No; I won't do that, and I will stand sponsor for it yet once more.”
The failure to find a firm to stand sponsor for his book discouraged Whitman to the extent of planning to go West and pioneer.
Part of that five minutes, too, was taken up by advertising matter from a sponsor.
At birth a sort of sponsor for the child was summoned, and he was given more authority than the parent.
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On this page you'll find 79 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sponsor, such as: advocate, backer, benefactor, patron, promoter, and supporter.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Synonyms of sponsor
- as in patron
- as in to fund
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Thesaurus Definition of sponsor
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- underwriter
- cosignatory
Thesaurus Definition of sponsor (Entry 2 of 2)
- provide (for)
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“Sponsor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponsor. Accessed 31 Mar. 2024.
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Synonyms for SPONSOR: patron, supporter, benefactor, guarantor, advocate, backer, surety, mentor, coach, teacher