as in devotee
someone who wants another person to be happy, successful, etc.
Dozens of well-wishers gathered to say goodbye to him.
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Recent Examples of well-wisher
King Charles stopped to acknowledge several well-wishers on the way to the Sandringham Estate, which recently drew crowds when the wider royal family attended church together on Christmas Day.
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Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
While mingling with well-wishers, Charlotte, 10, gently patted her 12-year-old older brother’s back in a show of support and reassurance.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 31 Dec. 2025
After the service, the family was photographed greeting and shaking hands with well-wishers who had camped out for a glimpse, Middleton doing so in holiday-ready style in a plaid coat and suede boots.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 25 Dec. 2025
The book is filled with lewd pictures, with many faces blacked out, and messages both handwritten and typed from well-wishers.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 17 Dec. 2025
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Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
While mingling with well-wishers, Charlotte, 10, gently patted her 12-year-old older brother’s back in a show of support and reassurance.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 31 Dec. 2025
After the service, the family was photographed greeting and shaking hands with well-wishers who had camped out for a glimpse, Middleton doing so in holiday-ready style in a plaid coat and suede boots.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 25 Dec. 2025
The book is filled with lewd pictures, with many faces blacked out, and messages both handwritten and typed from well-wishers.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 17 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for well-wisher
Noun
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Sports fandom is 'part of your identity' Especially for diehard devotees, the emotional attachment fans have to their teams can be interwoven with hometown pride, family history, geographic loyalty, personal identity and self-esteem.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Queen Camilla has been a brooch devotee since day one of her royal tenure.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Hundreds of fans then had to clear the court, which had to be wiped down after food and drinks spilled everywhere.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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Thousands of their fans had, too.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Naomi Honig stars in scary short about three friends playing the dangerous Knock Knock Game.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
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Around the grave of one young man, his mother and grandmother quietly sob, his friends crouched down by the small mat of flower stems.—
Frederik Pleitgen,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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Savannah Guthrie opened the family’s plea by thanking supporters for their prayers before describing her mother as the heart of their family and making a direct appeal for contact, stressing Nancy Guthrie’s fragile health and urgent need for medication.—
Adam Sabes , Michael Ruiz , Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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His candidacy sparked sharp divisions, with supporters portraying him as a symbol of stability and opponents denouncing him as a reminder of authoritarian rule and unresolved war crimes.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Well-wisher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-wisher. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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