upholder
noun
1 upholder
Someone who upholds or maintains:
— Firm upholders of tradition.
synonyms: maintainer, sustainer.
Roget 711:
auxiliary;
recruit;
assistant;
adjuvant,
adjutant;
ayudante†,
coaid†;
adjunct;
help,
helper,
help mate,
helping hand;
midwife;
colleague,
partner,
mate,
confrere,
cooperator;
coadjutor,
coadjutrix†;
collaborator.
ally;
friend
etc.
890,
confidant,
fidus Achates [Lat.],
pal,
buddy,
alter ego.
[criminal law]
confederate;
accomplice;
complice;
accessory,
accessory after the fact;
particeps criminis [Lat.];
socius criminis [Lat.].
aide-de-camp,
secretary,
clerk,
associate,
marshal;
right-hand,
right-hand man,
Friday,
girl Friday,
man Friday,
gopher,
gofer;
candle-holder,
bottle-holder;
handmaid;
servant
etc.
746;
puppet,
cat's-paw,
jackal†.
tool,
dupe,
stooge,
ame damnee [Fr.];
satellite,
adherent.
votary;
sectarian,
secretary;
seconder,
backer,
upholder,
abettor,
advocate,
partisan,
champion,
patron,
friend at court,
mediator;
angel
(theater, entertainment).
friend in need,
Jack at a pinch,
deus ex machina [Lat.],
guardian angel,
tutelary genius.
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Dutch: onderhouder
Moby thesaurus: Maecenas, abettor, admirer, advocate, aficionado, alpenstock, angel, apologist, approver, arm, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backer, backing, bandeau, bearer, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere, buff, buttress, cane, carrier, certifier, cervix, champion, confirmer, corset, cosignatory, cosigner, crook, crutch, defender, dependence, encourager, endorser, exponent, fan, favorer, foundation garment, friend at court, fulcrum, girdle, guarantor, guard, guy, guywire, insurer, jock, jockstrap, lover, mainstay, maintainer, mast, neck, notary, notary public, paladin, paranymph, partisan, party, patron, promoter, prop, protagonist, protector, ratifier, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, reliance, rest, resting place, rigging, second, seconder, sectary, shoulder, shroud, sider, signatory, spine, sponsor, sprit, staff, stalwart, standby, standing rigging, stave, stay, stick, stiffener, strengthener, subscriber, support, supporter, sustainer, sympathizer, underwriter, vindicator, votary, walking stick, well-wisher ... show more.
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