sponsor
Plural: sponsors
Noun
- someone who supports or champions something
- an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)
- A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
- A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
- A senior member of a twelve step or similar program chosen to guide an initiate and form a partnership with them.
- A person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, media program, etc., usually in exchange for advertising.
Verb
Verb Forms: sponsored, sponsoring, sponsors
- To formally support or take responsibility for someone or something.
- assume sponsorship of
- assume responsibility for or leadership of
- "The senator announced that he would sponsor the health care plan"
- do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
- To be a sponsor for.
Examples
- And now a word from our sponsor.
- He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club.
- My narcotics anonymous sponsor became my best friend when I finally was able to do something about my meth problem.
- She hoped her triple word score on SPONSOR would sponsor her to victory in Words With Friends.
- They were my sponsors for immigration.
Origin / Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”).
Synonyms
buy at, frequent, patron, patronise, patronize, presenter, shop, shop at, supporter, underwriter
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
sponsor: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsponsor: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sponsor: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary