exponent | Definition of exponent

Synonyms and Antonyms of exponent

1 a person who actively supports or favors a cause

exponents of space exploration earnestly called for more missions to the outer reaches of the solar system

Synonyms of exponent

advocate, advocator, apostle, backer, booster, champion, expounder, espouser, friend, gospeler (or gospeller), herald, hierophant, high priest, paladin, promoter, proponent, protagonist, supporter, true believer, tub-thumper, white knight

Words Related to exponent

loyalist, partisan (also partizan), stalwart

adherent, cohort, disciple, follower

applauder, cheerleader, encourager, fellow traveler

Near Antonyms of exponent

enemy, foe, rival

belittler, critic, faultfinder

Antonyms of exponent

adversary, antagonist, opponent

2 one who brings an art or science to full realization

has long reigned as the nation's leading exponent of modern dance

Synonyms of exponent

expounder, guru, high priest, interpreter, practitioner

Words Related to exponent

dean, doyen, grand old man

ideologue (also idealogue), philosopher, theorist

advocate, apostle, backer, booster, champion, promoter, proponent, supporter