as in supporter
someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support
he was not a member of the political group or even a fellow traveler
a cause being promoted by Greenpeace and its fellow travelers in the environmental movement
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Recent Examples of fellow traveler
One of my fellow travelers had a shellfish allergy and it was noted without prompting at every meal.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
People sometimes got a horrifying glimpse of a fellow traveler in pajamas.
—Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
Drivers are reminded to stay safe, sober, and aware of fellow travelers.
—Andrew Adeolu, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
This last comment came from a fellow traveler, ruefully disclosing an act of self-defense many years ago.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fellow traveler
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
People sometimes got a horrifying glimpse of a fellow traveler in pajamas.
—Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
Drivers are reminded to stay safe, sober, and aware of fellow travelers.
—Andrew Adeolu, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
This last comment came from a fellow traveler, ruefully disclosing an act of self-defense many years ago.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fellow traveler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fellow traveler
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The clip, shared on X, appears to show Zahra Billoo, executive director of the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations CAIR-CA, discussing how supporters should approach expressing controversial sentiments in public versus private settings.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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Liverpool have revised plans to increase ticket prices following protests and lengthy discussions with the club’s supporters’ board.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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In the race to fill the Council seat for District 3 — which includes the West Village, Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen — Mamdani backed Boylan, a fellow Democratic Socialists of America member and an ally during his mayoral campaign against Andrew Cuomo.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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On April 14th, as Kyiv braced for a round of Russian strikes, the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, was seven hundred and fifty miles away, in Berlin, forging a defense agreement with Germany, part of a tour of European allies to raise support for military aid.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Fellow traveler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fellow%20traveler. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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