ABETTERS Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

abettors

noun

variants also abetters

plural of abettor

as in accomplices

one associated with another in wrongdoing the man who drove the getaway car in the bank robbery was arrested as an aider and abettor

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as in supporters

someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support without all the neighborhood kids as abettors, I would never have gotten all my chickens back in their coop

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Recent Examples of abettors The members of the House of Representatives and the Senate are all aiders and abetters of the sitting president. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Federal prosecutors collected the text messages, emails, bank withdrawals and deposits, and confessions of Diamantis accomplices in his bribery and extortion scheme.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026
The accomplices each needed to grab one warrant in plain sight with all the other contestants milling about or else face elimination.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of accomplices

Noun

Some of the nations attending the meeting in western Ukraine's Ivano-Frankivsk region, such as Poland and Romania, have been staunch supporters of Ukraine.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
The case drew national attention and became racially charged, with supporters of Anthony criticizing the lack of Black jurors and calling for his acquittal, while supporters of the Metcalf family gathered outside the courthouse seeking justice.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of supporters

Noun

Brown’s allies have called Husted the face of Ohio’s data center boom, blaming the massive facilities for contributing to rising electricity costs.

— Joey Cappelletti, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Their latest territorial gains cement the hold of Iran and its allies on the two waterways that the wider Gulf, including top crude exporter Saudi Arabia, relies on to ship its oil.

— Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

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