proponent
nounEtymology
From Latin prōpōnēns, present participle of prōpōnō (“to put forward; propose”).
- borrowed from prōpōnēns
Definitions
One who supports something
One who supports something; an advocate.
- Proponents of the race — notably Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mary Wittenberg, director of the marathon — said the event would provide a needed morale boost, as well as an economic one.
One who makes a proposal or proposition.
One who propounds a will for probate.
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Making proposals
Making proposals; proposing.
The neighborhood
- synonymexponent
- antonymdetractor
- antonymopponent
- neighborapropos
- neighborpropone
- neighborpropound
- neighborpropose
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at proponent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at proponent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at proponent
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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