booster
1. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
- all their supporters came out for the game
- they are friends of the library
• Syn:
supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, friend
• Derivationally related forms:
boost, admire (for: admirer), champion (for: champion), support (for: supporter)
• Hypernyms:
advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
• Hyponyms:
anglophile, anglophil, believer, truster, Boswell,
cheerleader, Confederate, corporatist, enthusiast, partisan, partizan,
Francophile, Francophil, free trader, functionalist, Jacobite, loyalist,
stalwart, New Dealer, philhellene, philhellenist, Graecophile, pillar,
mainstay, Roundhead, seconder, Shavian, subscriber, endorser,
indorser, ratifier, sympathizer, sympathiser, well-wisher, toaster,
toaster, upholder, maintainer, sustainer, voucher,
verifier, Whig
2. someone who is an active supporter and advocate
• Syn:
promoter, plugger
• Derivationally related forms:
plug (for: plugger), boost, promote (for: promoter)
• Hypernyms:
advertiser, advertizer, adman
• Hyponyms:
barker
3. a thief who steals goods that are in a store
• Syn:
shoplifter, lifter
• Derivationally related forms:
lift (for: lifter), shoplift (for: shoplifter)
• Hypernyms:
thief, stealer
4. an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal
• Syn:
booster amplifier, booster station, relay link, relay station, relay transmitter
• Hypernyms:
amplifier
• Part Holonyms:
communication system, communication equipment
5. the first stage of a multistage rocket
• Syn:
booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket
• Derivationally related forms:
boost
• Hypernyms:
rocket, rocket engine
• Part Holonyms:
multistage rocket, step rocket
6. an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective
• Syn:
booster dose, booster shot, recall dose
• Hypernyms:
dose, dosage
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