backer

Speech parts

1. backer - Noun

2. backer - Adjective

Meaning

One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

angel apostle baker paladin pro advertiser crusader shylock placer partizan saddler convener pooler support producer
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Antonyms

inquisitor counteraction grandee captain matron peterman
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Hypernyms

patron sponsor supporter

Phrases with the word

financial backer

Derivatives

backer

Anagrams

reback

Examples

I was a Reagan backer. It was a shock for some people that I could agree with anything that man would say. Neil Young

I knew that he prayed a great deal, of course for help in the examinations. But subsequent clinical experience has convinced me that God is not particularly interested in examinations, just as he won't be dragged into the Stock Market, or being a backer in show business. Robertson Davies

1993 marked the final season that Williams ran with Canon as its primary backer. Source: Internet

A complicated but worthy compromise, bucking party orthodoxy to support an innovative idea – that could cost you a key endorsement, a big financial backer, a leadership post, or even an election." Source: Internet

Afterwards, he remained in the private sector, until President McKinley, for whom he had been a major backer, made him Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 1897. Source: Internet

Barrett at least won’t have his new team running around in a bare-fronted jersey when he arrives at Belmore, with the club close to naming a new major backer. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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