English noun: protagonist | |||
1. | protagonist (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, booster, champion, friend, 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. | protagonist (person) the principal character in a work of fiction | ||
Synonyms | agonist | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | antihero | ||
Instance hypernym | character, fictional character, fictitious character | ||