Meanings
adjectiveproponent (not comparable)
- not comparableMaking proposals; proposing.
Synonyms & antonyms
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nouna person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinprōpōnēns
- Englishproponent
From Latin prōpōnēns, present participle of prōpōnō (“to put forward; propose”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic دَاعِم, مُؤَيِّد
- دَاعِم (dāʕim)one who supports something
- مُؤَيِّد (muʔayyid)one who supports something
Bulgarian привърженик
- привърженик (privărženik)one who supports something
Chinese Mandarin 支持者
- 支持者 (zhīchízhě)one who supports something
Czech zastánce, hlasatel
- zastánceone who supports something
- hlasatelone who supports something
Dutch voorstander
- voorstanderone who supports something
French partisan, avocat
- partisanone who supports something
- avocatone who supports something
German Befürworter, Fürsprecher
- Befürworterone who supports something
- Fürsprecherone who supports something
Greek υποστηρικτής
- υποστηρικτής (ypostiriktís)one who supports something
Icelandic flutningsmaður, talsmaður
- flutningsmaðurone who supports something
- talsmaðurone who supports something
- málsvarione who supports something
- stuðningsmaðurone who supports something
Polish zwolennik, zwolenniczka
- zwolennikone who supports something
- zwolenniczkaone who supports something
- orędownikone who supports something
- orędowniczkaone who supports something
Russian пропонент, защи́тник
- пропонент (proponent)one who supports something
- защи́тник (zaščítnik)one who supports something
Spanish defensor, proponente
- defensorone who supports something
- proponenteone who supports something
Swedish förespråkare
- förespråkareone who supports something
Ukrainian прихи́льник, прихи́льниця
- прихи́льник (pryxýlʹnyk)one who supports something
- прихи́льниця (pryxýlʹnycja)one who supports something
Cite this entry
APA
proponent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proponent
MLA
“proponent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proponent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proponent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proponent.
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