champion | | |
n. (person) | 1. champ, champion, title-holder | someone who has won first place in a competition. |
| ~ record-breaker, record-holder | someone who breaks a record. |
| ~ challenger, competitor, contender, rival, competition | the contestant you hope to defeat.; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" |
n. (person) | 2. champion, fighter, hero, paladin | someone who fights for a cause. |
| ~ defender, guardian, protector, shielder | a person who cares for persons or property. |
n. (person) | 3. admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter | a person who backs a politician or a team etc..; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" |
| ~ advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent | a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea. |
| ~ anglophil, anglophile | an admirer of England and things English. |
| ~ believer, truster | a supporter who accepts something as true. |
| ~ boswell | a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds. |
| ~ cheerleader | an enthusiastic and vocal supporter.; "he has become a cheerleader for therapeutic cloning" |
| ~ confederate | a supporter of the Confederate States of America. |
| ~ corporatist | a supporter of corporatism. |
| ~ enthusiast, partizan, partisan | an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity. |
| ~ francophil, francophile | an admirer of France and everything French. |
| ~ free trader | an advocate of unrestricted international trade. |
| ~ functionalist | an adherent of functionalism. |
| ~ jacobite | a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts. |
| ~ loyalist, stalwart | a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt). |
| ~ new dealer | a supporter of the economic policies in the United States known as the New Deal. |
| ~ graecophile, philhellene, philhellenist | an admirer of Greece and everything Greek. |
| ~ mainstay, pillar | a prominent supporter.; "he is a pillar of the community" |
| ~ roundhead | a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War. |
| ~ seconder | someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote. |
| ~ shavian | an admirer of G. B. Shaw or his works. |
| ~ endorser, indorser, ratifier, subscriber | someone who expresses strong approval. |
| ~ well-wisher, sympathiser, sympathizer | someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful. |
| ~ toaster, wassailer | someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture. |
| ~ maintainer, sustainer, upholder | someone who upholds or maintains.; "firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy" |
| ~ verifier, voucher | someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement. |
| ~ whig | a supporter of the American Revolution. |
n. (person) | 4. ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field. |
| ~ expert | a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully. |
| ~ track star | a star runner. |
v. (competition) | 5. champion, defend | protect or fight for as a champion. |
| ~ back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support | be behind; approve of.; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" |
adj. | 6. champion, prizewinning | holding first place in a contest.; "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine" |
| ~ best | (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities.; "the best film of the year"; "the best solution"; "the best time for planting"; "wore his best suit" |
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