Well-wisher

3 definitions found

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

  Wellwisher \Well"wish`er\, n.
     One who wishes another well; one who is benevolently or
     friendlily inclined.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  well-wisher
       n : someone who shares your feelings and expresses sympathy or
           hopes that something will be successful [syn: {sympathizer},
            {sympathiser}]

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

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "well-wisher":
     Maecenas, abettor, acquaintance, admirer, advocate, aficionado,
     alter ego, angel, apologist, backer, best friend, bosom friend,
     brother, buff, casual acquaintance, champion, close acquaintance,
     close friend, confidant, confidante, defender, dependence,
     encourager, endorser, exponent, familiar, fan, favorer, fellow,
     fellow creature, fellowman, friend, friend at court,
     inseparable friend, intimate, lover, mainstay, maintainer,
     neighbor, other self, paranymph, partisan, patron, pickup,
     promoter, protagonist, reliance, repository, second, seconder,
     sectary, sider, sponsor, stalwart, standby, support, supporter,
     sustainer, sympathizer, upholder, votary