well-wisher

Noun

Meaning

Someone who extends good wishes, or expresses sympathy, to someone else.
Synonyms: good willer, (archaic) well-willer
Antonyms: (archaic) evil willer, (obsolete) ill-willer

(obsolete, rare) Followed by to: someone who has an ambition to be or become something.


well-wisher (plural well-wishers)

(nonce word, rare) Someone who makes a wish at a wishing well.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

exponent advocate patron donor benefactor backer supporter apologist sympathizer encourager espouser fraternizer

Antonyms

robber ill-wisher

Hypernyms

friend champion protagonist admirer booster

Examples

Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity swear by the blood of the Revolution never to violate in the least particular the laws of the country, and never to tolerate their violation by others. Abraham Lincoln

A well-wisher sees from afar. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

well-willing well-wish well-wished well-wishing well-wooded well-worn