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English noun: booster | |||
| 1. | booster (person) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | ||
| Samples | All their supporters came out for the game. They are friends of the library. | ||
| Synonyms | admirer, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anglophil, anglophile, believer, Boswell, cheerleader, Confederate, corporatist, endorser, enthusiast, Francophil, Francophile, free trader, functionalist, Graecophile, indorser, Jacobite, loyalist, mainstay, maintainer, New Dealer, partisan, partizan, philhellene, philhellenist, pillar, ratifier, Roundhead, seconder, Shavian, stalwart, subscriber, sustainer, sympathiser, sympathizer, toaster, truster, upholder, verifier, voucher, wassailer, well-wisher, Whig | ||
| 2. | booster (person) someone who is an active supporter and advocate | ||
| Synonyms | plugger, promoter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adman, advertiser, advertizer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barker | ||
| 3. | booster (person) a thief who steals goods that are in a store | ||
| Synonyms | lifter, shoplifter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stealer, thief | ||
| 4. | booster (artifact) an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal | ||
| Synonyms | booster amplifier, booster station, relay link, relay station, relay transmitter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | amplifier | ||
| Part meronym | communication equipment, communication system | ||
| 5. | booster (artifact) the first stage of a multistage rocket | ||
| Synonyms | booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rocket, rocket engine | ||
| Part meronym | multistage rocket, step rocket | ||
| 6. | booster (artifact) an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective | ||
| Synonyms | booster dose, booster shot, recall dose | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dosage, dose | ||
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