booster
Other forms: boosters
If you’re a big fan and promoter of something or someone, you're a booster. Go team! A booster provides support, like a kid’s booster seat, a follow-up dose of medicine, or a booster rocket that launches the Space Shuttle.
Boosters of teams, groups, or organizations often form official clubs to coordinate their fundraising and event planning. Another kind of booster is an engine or rocket that's the first stage of launching a space vehicle into orbit. And in medicine, a booster is a second (or subsequent) dose of a vaccine that helps the initial dose work better. All of these boosters assist, encourage, or boost in some way.
Definitions of booster
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someone who is an active supporter and advocate
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types:
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barker
someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers
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type of:
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adman, advertiser, advertizer
someone whose business is advertising
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barker
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a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
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synonyms:
admirer, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter
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types:
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anglophil, anglophile
an admirer of England and things English
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believer, truster
a supporter who accepts something as true
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Boswell
a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds
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cheerleader
an enthusiastic and vocal supporter
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Confederate
a supporter of the Confederate States of America
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corporatist
a supporter of corporatism
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enthusiast, partisan, partizan
an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
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Francophil, Francophile
an admirer of France and everything French
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free trader
an advocate of unrestricted international trade
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functionalist
an adherent of functionalism
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Jacobite
a supporter of James II after he was overthrown or a supporter of the Stuarts
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loyalist, stalwart
a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
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New Dealer
a supporter of the economic policies in the United States known as the New Deal
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Graecophile, philhellene, philhellenist
an admirer of Greece and everything Greek
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mainstay, pillar
a prominent supporter
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Roundhead
a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War
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seconder
someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote
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Shavian
an admirer of G. B. Shaw or his works
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endorser, indorser, ratifier, subscriber
someone who expresses strong approval
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sympathiser, sympathizer, well-wisher
someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful
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toaster, wassailer
someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture
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maintainer, sustainer, upholder
someone who upholds or maintains
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verifier, voucher
someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement
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Whig
a supporter of the American Revolution
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abiogenist
a believer in abiogenesis
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addict, freak, junkie, junky, nut
someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
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apostle
an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
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backslapper
someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality
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balletomane
a ballet enthusiast
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bleeding heart
someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged
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colonialist
a believer in colonialism
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Confederate soldier
a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
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Confucian, Confucianist
a believer in the teachings of Confucius
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evolutionist
a person who believes in organic evolution
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fanatic, fiend
a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)
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fellow traveler, fellow traveller
a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party)
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gadgeteer
a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets
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imperialist
a believer in imperialism
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Malthusian
a believer in Malthusian theory
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shutterbug
a photography enthusiast
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fan, rooter, sports fan
an enthusiastic devotee of sports
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vitalist
one who believes in vitalism
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the first stage of a multistage rocket
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synonyms:
booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket
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rocket, rocket engine
a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
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rocket, rocket engine
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an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective
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synonyms:
booster dose, booster shot, recall dose
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an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal
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synonyms:
booster amplifier, booster station, relay link, relay station, relay transmitter
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type of:
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amplifier
electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it
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amplifier
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a thief who steals goods that are in a store
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synonyms:
lifter, shoplifter
Pronunciation
US
/ˈbustər/
UK
/ˈbustə/
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