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expounder

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of expounder

1 a person who actively supports or favors a cause
  • an articulate expounder of the liberal position on the issue
Synonyms of expounder

advocate, advocator, apostle, backer, booster, champion, espouser, exponent, friend, gospeler (or gospeller), herald, hierophant, high priest, paladin, promoter, proponent, protagonist, supporter, true believer, tub-thumper, white knight
Words Related to expounder

loyalist, partisan (also partizan), stalwart

adherent, cohort, disciple, follower

interpreter

applauder, cheerleader, encourager, fellow traveler
Near Antonyms of expounder

enemy, foe, rival

belittler, critic, faultfinder
Antonyms of expounder

adversary, antagonist, opponent
2 one who brings an art or science to full realization
  • one of the early expounders of abstract expressionism
Synonyms of expounder

exponent, guru, high priest, interpreter, practitioner
Words Related to expounder

dean, doyen, grand old man

ideologue (also idealogue), philosopher, theorist

advocate, apostle, backer, booster, champion, promoter, proponent, supporter

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