sponsor

1. 1.

   someone who supports or champions something

   Synonymspatronsupporter

   Broaderbenefactor

   Narrowerangelgodfathergodparentguarantorpatronesstower of strength
2. 2.

   an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)

   Synonymspresenter

   Broaderadvocate

Other forms of sponsor

plural

sponsors·

past tense

sponsorred·

present participle

sponsorring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sponsor

What does sponsor mean?

sponsor means "assume sponsorship of". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sponsor?

sponsor has 2 syllables: spon-sor. The stress falls on "spon". In IPA it is /ˈspɑnsɚ/.

What is another word for sponsor?

Close synonyms include patronize, patronise, patronize, patronise, shop. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sponsor a common word?

sponsor is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.