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Nouns (17)

n. a band (usually elastic) worn around the leg to hold up a stocking (or around the arm to hold up a sleeve)

n. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

athletic supporter, supporter, suspensor, jockstrap, jock

n. a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise

supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend

n. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"

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Fuzzynyms (133)

adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp

n. an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate

n. a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

orderly

n. a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer; "the orderly laid out the general's uniform"

orderly, hospital attendant

n. a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients

apprentice, learner, prentice

n. works for an expert to learn a trade

associate

n. a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise; "associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners"

champion, fighter, hero, paladin

n. someone who fights for a cause

exponent

n. someone who expounds and interprets or explains

supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend

n. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"

follower

n. a person who accepts the leadership of another

apostle

n. an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform; "an apostle of revolution"

quick study, sponge

n. someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge"

flunky, flunkey, stooge, yes-man

n. a person of unquestioning obedience

lackey, flunky, flunkey

n. a male servant (especially a footman)

crawler, creeper

n. a person who crawls or creeps along the ground

inferior

n. one of lesser rank or station or quality

follower

n. someone who travels behind or pursues another

attendant, attender, attendee, meeter

n. a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"

Butler, Samuel Butler

n. English poet (1612-1680)

chauffeur

n. a man paid to drive a privately owned car

cook

n. someone who cooks food

maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah

n. a female domestic

steward

n. the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements

steward, flight attendant

n. an attendant on an airplane

valet, valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, man

n. a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"

disciple, adherent

n. someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman

n. a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"

woman

n. a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man; "he was faithful to his woman"

woman, adult female

n. an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"

man, adult male

n. an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"

workman, workingman, working man, working person

n. an employee who performs manual or industrial labor

hired hand, hand, hired man

n. a hired laborer on a farm or ranch; "the hired hand fixed the railing"; "a ranch hand"

sports fan, fan, rooter

n. an enthusiastic devotee of sports

whiz

n. a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air; "he heard the whiz of bullets near his head"

champion, fighter, hero, paladin

n. someone who fights for a cause

master, professional

n. an authority qualified to teach apprentices

fan, buff, devotee, lover

n. an ardent follower and admirer

fanatic, fiend

n. a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill

assistant, helper, help, supporter

n. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

follower

n. a person who accepts the leadership of another

apostle

n. an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform; "an apostle of revolution"

follower

n. someone who travels behind or pursues another

traditionalist, diehard

n. one who adheres to traditional views

extremist

n. a person who holds extreme views

maniac

n. a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something