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expounders

noun

plural of expounder
1
as in proponents
a person who actively supports or favors a cause an articulate expounder of the liberal position on the issue

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2
as in practitioners
one who brings an art or science to full realization one of the early expounders of abstract expressionism

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expounders
  1. proponents
  2. practitioners
  3. advocates
  4. exponents
  5. supporters
  6. interpreters
Noun
  • School choice proponents often say the rapid increase in participation only shows the enormous demand for such programs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • There are obvious health risks with this process, despite the insistence by a lot of gray market proponents that everything is safe.
    — Kara McGrath, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of proponents
Noun
  • Just a twenty‑page pamphlet by Guy Wyser‑Pratte, one of the earliest practitioners, which mostly gestured at concepts rather than showing how to apply them.
    — Alec Litowitz, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Boards need directors, not HR practitioners, who understand how leadership capability, culture, succession and workforce resilience affect strategy, reputation and long-term performance.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of practitioners
Noun
  • But advocates for people in poverty warned that the gains might be short-lived.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • On social media and in legal filings, animal advocates complain that the 50-block zone in downtown Los Angeles that’s home to thousands of unhoused people is an epicenter of animal neglect and cruelty.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of advocates
Noun
  • Which trace from our Galois representation clings to each of these terms with prime exponents depends on how our equation, , behaves in a number field defined by that particular prime.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
  • His mind didn’t go blank; rather, all the what-ifs multiplied like exponents, crowding his thoughts and rendering him unable to envision anything else.
    — Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
Definition of exponents
Noun
  • Few would begrudge Mohamed Salah his Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year prize for his 2024-25 season with Liverpool, but there are always reflected glories back to the club and its supporters.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • An Alabama woman accused of causing a deadly crash while driving a school bus experienced a medical crisis during the accident, her supporters reportedly said.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of supporters
Noun
  • Access often required time and energy, and its tensions could run deeper than whether a certain institution had an effective process for providing interpreters.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
  • That skills test, per federal law, must be conducted in English, and interpreters are not allowed.
    — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of interpreters
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“Expounders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expounders. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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