proponent
Syllables: pro·po·nentUK/pɹəˈpəʊnənt//pɹəˈpoʊnənt/
proponent noun: one who supports something; an advocate.
Noun
proponent (plural proponents)
- One who supports something; an advocate.
- Proponents of the race — notably Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mary Wittenberg, director of the marathon — said the event would provide a needed morale boost, as well as an economic one.2012 November 2, Ken Belson, New York Times, retrieved 02 Nov 2012
- One who makes a proposal or proposition.
- One who propounds a will for probate.
Adjective
proponent (not comparable)
- Making proposals; proposing.
proponent meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
proponent in Hindi
- प्रस्तावक
proponent in Marathi
- प्रस्तावक
proponent in Urdu
- تجویز کنندہ
proponent in Bengali
- সমর্থক, প্রস্তাবকারী
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- proponent in Telugu
- ప్రతిపాదకుడు
- proponent in Malayalam
- ഉപജ്ഞാതാവ്, സഹായിക്കുന്നവൻ, അനുകൂലിക്കുന്നവൻ
- proponent in Kannada
- ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಕ, ತತ್ವ ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಕ, ವಾದವನ್ನು ಮಂಡಿಸುವವನು
- proponent in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰਸਤਾਵਕ
- proponent in Gujarati
- પ્રસ્તાવક
- proponent in Odia
- ପ୍ରସ୍ତାବକ
- proponent in Nepali
- प्रस्तावक
- proponent in Arabic
- دَاعِم dāʕim, مُؤَيِّد muʔayyid
Examples of proponent in a sentence
- In Hong Kong, proponents for universal suffrage criticize that the current electoral college responsible for electing the Chief Executive is undemocratic and unrepresentative in nature.
- Like other health food influencers, the biblical eating proponents with popular accounts often sell products.
- April Silva, a TikTok user and lifelong thrift store fan, is a big proponent of underconsumption core.
Synonyms of proponent
Antonyms
Forms of proponent
| plural | proponents |
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Origin of proponent
From Latin prōpōnēns, present participle of prōpōnō (“to put forward; propose”).
Words formed from proponent
Questions about proponent
- What does proponent mean?
- Proponent means one who supports something; an advocate.
- What is proponent in Hindi?
- Proponent in Hindi is प्रस्तावक. See Proponent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is proponent?
- Proponent can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce proponent?
- Proponent is pronounced /pɹəˈpəʊnənt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of proponent?
- The plural of proponent is proponents.
Words near proponent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: proponent (page history and authors); proponent (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proponent (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proponent (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proponent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); proponent (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proponent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); proponent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); proponent (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proponent (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proponent (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proponent (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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