Admirer

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Admirer \Ad*mir"er\, n.
     One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly. --Cowper.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  admirer
       n 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},
             {booster}, {friend}]
       2: a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or
          approves
       3: someone who admires a young woman; "she had many admirers"
          [syn: {adorer}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "admirer":
     Maecenas, abettor, adherent, adorer, advocate, aficionado, amateur,
     amorist, angel, apologist, backer, beau, booster, buff, champion,
     collector, darling, defender, dependence, devotee, dilettante,
     encourager, endorser, enthusiast, exponent, fan, fancier, favorer,
     follower, friend at court, groupie, idolater, idolizer, infatuate,
     lover, mainstay, maintainer, paramour, paranymph, partisan, patron,
     promoter, protagonist, pursuer, reliance, rooter, second, seconder,
     sectary, sider, sponsor, stalwart, standby, suitor, support,
     supporter, sustainer, sweetheart, sympathizer, upholder, votary,
     well-wisher, wooer, worshiper