sponsor
Syllables: spon·sor/ˈspɒn.səː/US/ˈspɑn.sɚ/
sponsor noun: a person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
Noun
sponsor (plural sponsors)
- A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
- He was my sponsor when I applied to join the club.
- They were my sponsors for immigration.
- A senior member of a twelve step or similar program chosen to guide an initiate and form a partnership with them.
- My narcotics anonymous sponsor became my best friend when I finally was able to do something about my meth problem.
- Members also choose a sponsor, with whom they are supposed to remain in regular, even daily, contact—and that, too, is a powerful boost for monitoring.2011, Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney, Willpower, →ISBN, page 173
- A person or organization that pays all or part of the cost of an event, publication, media program, etc., usually in exchange for advertising.
- And now a word from our sponsor.
- Synonyms:
- patron, underwriter
Verb
sponsor (third-person singular simple present sponsors, present participle sponsoring, simple past and past participle sponsored)
- To be a sponsor for.
- Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle...2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36
sponsor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sponsor in Hindi
- प्रायोजक, प्रायोजनकर्ता, प्रायोजन करना
sponsor in Tamil
- நல்கர், புரவலர், விளம்பரதாரர், ஒப்புரவாளர், ஆதரவு அளி
sponsor in Marathi
- प्रायोजक
sponsor in Urdu
- کفیل, ضامن
More languagesFewer languages
- sponsor in Bengali
- স্পন্সের্, জামিন, বিধিমত প্রতিশ্রুতি দেওয়া
- sponsor in Telugu
- స్పాన్సర్, స్పాన్సర్ చేయడానికి, స్పాన్సర్ చెయ్యడానికి
- sponsor in Malayalam
- ജാമ്യക്കാരൻ, തലതൊട്ടപ്പൻ, ചെലവ് വഹിക്കുന്നയാൾ, പണം മുടക്കുന്നയാൾ
- sponsor in Kannada
- ಹೊಣೆಹೊರುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ, ಹೊಣೆಗಾರ, ಪ್ರೇರಕ, ಪ್ರವರ್ತಕ
- sponsor in Punjabi
- ਸਪਾਂਸਰ, ਪ੍ਰਾਯੋਜਕ, ਸਪਾਂਸਰ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- sponsor in Gujarati
- પ્રાયોજક, સ્પોન્સર
- sponsor in Odia
- ପ୍ରାଯ଼ୋଜକ, ପ୍ରାଯୋଜକ
- sponsor in Nepali
- प्रायोजक, प्रायोजनकर्ता, प्रायोजन गर्ने
- sponsor in Arabic
- رَاعٍ rāʕin
- sponsor in Malay
- penganjur, menganjurkan
- sponsor in Indonesian
- sponsor
- sponsor in Vietnamese
- tài trợ
Examples of sponsor in a sentence
- She's the first athlete in her sport to obtain a corporate sponsor.
- His ineligibility as a contestant was due to his former employment by the sponsor.
- The government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) are a group of financial services corporations which have been created by the United States Congress.
Synonyms of sponsor
Forms of sponsor
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sponsors |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sponsors |
| present participle | sponsoring |
| past participle | sponsored |
| past | sponsored |
Origin of sponsor
Learned borrowing from Latin spōnsor (“a surety", in Late Latin "a sponsor in baptism”).
Words formed from sponsor
Questions about sponsor
- What does sponsor mean?
- Sponsor means a person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
- What is sponsor in Hindi?
- Sponsor in Hindi is प्रायोजक, प्रायोजनकर्ता, प्रायोजन करना. See Sponsor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sponsor?
- Sponsor can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce sponsor?
- Sponsor is pronounced /ˈspɒn.səː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sponsor?
- The plural of sponsor is sponsors.
Words near sponsor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sponsor (page history and authors); sponsor (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sponsor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sponsor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sponsor (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sponsor (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sponsor (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sponsor (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sponsor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sponsor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sponsor (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sponsor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sponsor (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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